Asfandyar Mir on the Pakistani Taliban and Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Tensions

February 15, 2022 00:08:39
Asfandyar Mir on the Pakistani Taliban and Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Tensions
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Asfandyar Mir on the Pakistani Taliban and Afghanistan-Pakistan Border Tensions

Feb 15 2022 | 00:08:39

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Show Notes

As Pakistani leaders quarrel with the neighboring Afghan Taliban over the demarcation of their shared border, USIP’s Asfandyar Mir says Pakistan’s own Taliban insurgency has “been boosted by the example of the Afghan Taliban … if things continue to escalate over the medium term, things become very difficult for Pakistan.”

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