The worry in Pakistan is that the US may abandon Afghanistan altogether leaving regional countries to face the blowback of a potential civil war in Afghanistan. But given the role of the US, Pakistan, Russia and China are still seeking to engage with the Biden administration. For this purpose senior officials of Pakistan, China, Russia and the US are scheduled to meet in Doha on August 11. If that was the case, Pakistan would have at least persuaded the Taliban to force out the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) from Afghanistan. Pakistan and China have been pushing the Afghan Taliban to cut ties with the TTP and East Turkestan Islamic Movement ((ETIM).

Source: The Express Tribune August 02, 2021 05:03 UTC