Analyst Pavel Felgenhauer notes that NATO does not pose a military threat to Russia but that its rulers fear the alliance for self-serving reasons.

分析家费尔根豪尔指出，北约对俄罗斯并不构成军事威胁，俄罗斯领导人对北约的忧虑是出于自身的理由。

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"It is not getting weaker." Sidney Jones,a terrorism analyst with the International Crisis Group, says security experts are now learning of a growing alliance of militant groups in Southeast Asia.

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Author and analyst Ahmed Rashid says the Taliban statement comes amid disarray in the Western alliance over policy and personnel.

BBC: US chief Petraeus vows to protect Afghan civilians