US withdrawal from Afghanistan - Pakistan's strategy

[Ali_Syed]

Re: Pakistan’s strategy - US withdrawal from Afghanistan

@Captain1

Our strategy has to “transform” slowly into asking Taliban to leave Pakistan, take care of the mess there instead of persecuting them in Pakistan or abruptly abandoning them. We need to transition out of strategic assets. We need to tell anyone and everyone in Afghanistan once US leaves that you solve your issues, you don’t bother us we won’t bother you.

The difference between today and 1996 is that now we have TTP in FATA and parts of KPK. Taliban returning in Pakistan’s neighbouring areas could have dangerous repercussions for us. In the past we used to use taliban for strategic depth in Afghanistan, this time around they can use TTP as counter strategic depth.