Aimal Wali Khan, the leader of the Awami National Party, has long spoken out against the cross-border tensions between the Taliban and Islamabad, and Pakistan's support for the regime in Kabul.
With China now being deflected to watching a war unfold with bigger stakes, this little neighbourhood skirmish may teach Pakistan a much-needed lesson in geostrategic warfare.
The situation denotes total reversal in Taliban-Pakistan Army relations—stark contrast to the ‘everything will be ok’ statement made by former ISI chief Lt General Faiz Hameed.
Consider Asha Bhosle and Kishore Kumar’s duet ‘Chhod Do Aanchal’. The sequence was set in a flower garden, and the girl’s bashfulness was not even remotely relatable to a cabaret dancer.
We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.
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