"He will battle anyone no matter how crazy or expensive it becomes," one former official said.

“他将战斗的人，不管如何疯狂或昂贵化，”一位前官员说。

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The Chinese are very strategically minded and are extremely active in this arena, " said one senior former Pentagon official."

中国的战略非常非常积极的态度，在这方面，前美国一位高级官员说。

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One former American official said he does not believe the Afghan Army will be able to hold the country without a peace settlement that removes a significant number of Taliban fighters from the field.

NEWYORKER: After America

But the former official said one thing they've learned is that the government has to be circumspect about how it spends Homeland Security funds, that not everything can be secured.

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U-Haul staff identified one of the Afghans to the FBI as Naiz Khan, the former counterterrorism official said.

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