The Taliban blitz: India Has Developed A Greater Stake In Afghanistan
By Salman Haidar
Afghanistan has reacted strongly to the incident, even more intensely than India. For quite some time now, the Afghan authorities, beginning with the President himself, have made no bones about their conviction that the trouble in their country is being stoked by Pakistan, and that there can be no solution unless the terrorist bases in Pakistan’s tribal area are eliminated. These complaints from Kabul have been addressed chiefly to the USA where, despite all the Afghan urging, they failed to cut much ice. Only now, as the USA and other international casualties mount in Afghanistan at the hands of the revived Taliban, which benefits from ready access to Pakistani territory, is the military and political pressure on Pakistan to curb this process becoming more visible.
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