Commentary
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.
Taliban forces routinely brutalize Afghan civilians. They storm their homes and beat up their women. Women can’t get a proper education. Pakistan’s top leadership condemned the Taliban for barring women from Afghan universities. Foreign NGOs can’t employ women, which caused many to suspend operations….