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Cut the Gordian Knot of Pakistani Support for the Taliban; Support Afghan Resistance

Cut the Gordian Knot of Pakistani Support for the Taliban; Support Afghan Resistance
Taliban terrorists stand in front of a sign at the international airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sept. 9, 2021. West Asia News Agency/Reuters
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A major road to weakening the Taliban goes through Islamabad and its notorious Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Anti-Taliban strategy can’t work without dealing with the ISI. One such possibility could be to offer to recognize Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal as a fact in exchange for suspending support for the Taliban; however, that would upset India.

John Rossomando
John Rossomando
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John Rossomando is a senior analyst for defense policy at the Center for Security Policy and served as senior analyst for counterterrorism at The Investigative Project on Terrorism for eight years.
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