Pakistan’s clout with Taliban declines: International Crisis Group report
Leverage Paccistans seem to have declined after the Taliban takeover in mid-August 2021, while new irritants have emerged, according to reports by the International Crisis Group (ICG).
Pakistan's efforts to secure their borders with Afghanistan, to prevent the entry of refugees and infiltration by Pakistani militants based in Afghanistan, have become a point of dispute, the report said.
The real rejection of the Taliban to disconnect with their Pakistani colleagues, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), even more than Islamabad's concern.
The Taliban, in fact, at least initially appeared in several ways to dictate Pakistani policy choices, forcing Islamabad to recognize at least ...