但是，当你站在开伯尔山口的至高点米奇尼哨所，注视着下面在兴都库什山脉的阴影中轰轰作响的成千的从阿富汗驶入巴基斯坦的卡车和公共汽车的时候，问题的答案是显而易见的：控制阿富汗－巴基斯坦边境需要一个同时关注阿富汗和巴基斯坦的反游击战和破坏的政策。
But, standing at Michni Post, the highest point of the Khyber Pass, staring down at the thousands of trucks and buses buzzing through Afghanistan into Pakistan under the shadows of the Hindu Kush, the answer is obvious: controlling the Afghan-Pakistan border requires a counterinsurgency policy that looks at Afghanistan and Pakistan together.