Shrinking Carrots and Added Sticks: Will Pakistan’s Afghan Strategy Fetch Results?

0 0Author: Dr Shalini Chawla, Distinguished Fellow, Centre for Air Power StudiesKeywords: TTP, Pakistan Military, Afghan Refugees, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Af-PakPakistan’s tensions with the Afghan Taliban have intensified and recent developments have been significant, suggesting alterations in Pakistan’s Afghan policy. [3] This was mainly to encourage trade with Afghanistan and also allow trade with Pakistan without pressuring its depleting foreign reserves. Other than this, till now, 64 Afghan citizens were killed while fighting Pakistan’s law enforcement agencies during the counterterrorism campaign”. The TTP has imitated the tactic of the Afghan Taliban of naming ‘shadow governors’, who oversee five or six regional deputies. [9] Kamran Yousuf, “Pakistan Shifts Stance on Afghan Taliban”, The Express Tribune, November 09, 2023, https://tribune.com.pk/story/2445604/pakistan-shifts-stance-on-afghan-taliban.