Credibility gap

SIRAJUDDIN Haqqani’s claim that Taliban-ruled Afghanistan is not a threat to any state and that the doors for talks are open in good faith would be welcome if it were not so plainly at odds with what Pakistan continues to endure.

Islamabad has heard time and again that Kabul will not allow Afghan soil to be used by militants. Yet attacks persist, and the ambush in Karak on December 23, in which five policemen were martyred, shows how the situation........

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