Re: U.S. speeds up direct talks with Taliban
Come on, dont add you bias to this debate. We know you are Indian, but your assumptions on Pakistan’s motives are baseless.
Pakistan has always supported the Taliban because of strategic reasons. This started well before America decided they were terrorists (although now they are trusted partners in peace again 
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Should Pakistan simply abandon its strategic interests whenever America decides these interests are running in opposition to the US?
If anything, this whole situation only justifies what the ISI, senior Army and govt people had thought from the beginning. Ultimately, the US will be defeated (and yes, allowing Taliban back in charge, in whatever degree, is a defeat), and the will have to give up on their opposition to the Taliban. The US has been proven to be a fickle in the past. If anything, this has vindicated the Pakistani establishment, who knew that ultimately the war would have to end in a compromise with the Taliban.