Taliban's Rise Predicted by Pakistan

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Afghan Taliban

Al Jazeera

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Analysis: Why have Pakistan’s ties with the Afghan Taliban turned frigid?

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Pakistan welcomed the Taliban in Kabul as a natural ally but the Taliban government is proving to be less cooperative than Pakistan had hoped.

Pakistan treated the Afghan Taliban as friends’ after 2001 , partly to weaken any sense of cross-border Pashtun nationalism, and hoping to leverage its influence on the Taliban .

Without Pakistan ’s support and sanctuary, the successful uprising by the Taliban would have been highly unlikely.

Attacking Afghan territory allows for political messaging to the Pakistani population to centre on an externally enabled enemy’ It also insulates the state from engaging with the growing domestic demands for political and socioeconomic empowerment, especially by Pakistani Pashtuns.

Meanwhile, the Taliban government in Afghanistan lacks resources, an organised army and any meaningful international partnerships to push back against Pakistan ’s assertiveness.

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