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Seventy Years of Covert Control Disguised as Aid

Soft Power Imperialism Masquerading as Development

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Mar 30, 2025
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For over seventy years, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) operated in Pakistan under a manufactured image. It claimed to offer “aid.” In reality, it delivered manipulation. This was never charity—it was coercion. Surveillance, subversion, and systemic interference were packaged as development while Pakistan’s sovereignty was…

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