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Experts warn cuts to USAID, USIP and independent broadcasting would undercut counterterrorism efforts in Central and South Asia
Summary
Witnesses told the House subcommittee that dismantling programs at the U.S. Institute of Peace, cutting USAID counter‑extremism work, and restricting Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty threaten rehabilitation, education and information channels used to blunt violent extremist recruitment.
At a House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee hearing on South and Central Asia, witnesses raised concerns that proposed or executed U.S. program cuts and institutional changes will weaken long‑term efforts to prevent violent extremism.
Brianna Todd and Lisa Curtis each warned that soft‑power tools—rehabilitation and reintegration programs, online education for Afghan women, scholarships, and independent regional broadcasting—are central to reducing the drivers of radicalization. Todd said programs…
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