Retaliatory strikes could eventually escalate into a full-fledged war between India and Pakistan. The two nuclear-armed countries have already fought three wars and spend a large part of their national resources on maintaining two of the world’s largest militaries.
The relations between Pakistan and Iran have taken a nosedive following one of the worst attacks on Iranian forces in a restive southeastern region connecting the neighboring Muslim countries.
It is still not clear exactly what kind of nation is likely to emerge after the process moves toward a peace deal that Zalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. peace envoy to Afghanistan, says he is hopeful will be concluded before the presidential election in July.
The recent arrest of a senior Taliban figure in Pakistan could be a sign that Islamabad is changing its stance on its erstwhile Afghan allies.
Tehran’s diplomatic offensive has perhaps inadvertently showcased its strong ties with the Taliban.
As Pakistani officials prefer to remain vague at most over the killing of Tahir Dawar, questions, anger, and speculations surround the murder, which followed his kidnapping from the capital, Islamabad, on October 26.
The November 9 event, dubbed the Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan, met with strong skepticism from former officials and politicians in Afghanistan.
The enthusiastic turnout in the parliamentary election suggests Afghans are largely refraining from backing the Taliban’s narrative, which portrays Afghanistan as an occupied country with a government lacking popular legitimacy.
As major political factions and strongmen unite in a broad coalition to challenge Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in the elections, the resignation of key confidante Hanif Atmar adds to Kabul’s challenges as it reels from bold Taliban attacks and threats from the Islamic State (IS) militants.
A year after President Donald Trump announced his strategy for Afghanistan, the war there is at a virtual stalemate, and Pakistan holds the key to whether the Taliban insurgents it has sheltered and supported for decades join the peace process or continue to fight for their avowed aim of forcing the United States to withdraw its troops.
Irrespective of the latest battlefield wins and losses, the Taliban appear to have achieved some major political and military objectives by overrunning Ghazni, a vital Afghan city home to an estimated 280,000 people.
e July 25 vote is set to lead Pakistan to greater instability with intense political wrangling, a worsening economy, and greater insecurity.
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