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Afghanistan-Pakistan relations

It's Time for Afghanistan and Pakistan To Move Beyond the Blame Game
By Umair Jamal and Hafeez-ur-Rehman Hadi
Pakistan's interventionist agenda in Afghanistan won't disappear. Kabul needs to cope and look beyond the blame game.

What Now for China’s Afghanistan Strategy?
By Andrew Small
Despite the blow to peace talks with the Taliban, China is unlikely to change its approach to Afghanistan or Pakistan.

Afghanistan's Ghani: Pakistan Needs to Do Something About the Taliban
By Catherine Putz
It seems the Afghan-Pakistan rapprochement was, indeed, a mirage.

Afghanistan, Pakistan and a Rare Chance for Peace
By Aziz Amin Ahmadzai and Mona Naseer
The start of talks is an opportunity that may not come again.

Afghanistan: Ghani’s Pivot to Pakistan Falls Flat
By Halimullah Kousary
Splintered peace talks are not the way to ensure stability in Afghanistan.

Afghanistan-Pakistan: A False Spring?
By Shannon Tiezzi
The Diplomat talks to Michael Kugelman, senior program associate for South Asia at the Woodrow Wilson Center, to find out.

The Mirage of Afghanistan-Pakistan Rapprochement
By Michael Kugelman
Despite hopeful signs over the last few months, Kabul and Islamabad face a long, hard road to reconciliation.

Afghanistan-Pakistan: A Temporary Entente
By Vinay Kaura
Ashraf Ghani’s overtures to Pakistan are foundering on the latter’s strategic compulsions.

Can Pakistan Abandon the Taliban?
By Hekmatullah Azamy
There will be significant regional implications if Islamabad rebuffs the overtures of Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.

Afghanistan’s Illusion of a New Pakistan
By Tamim Asey
The recent outreach has been laudable, but the ingredients for real change are missing.

Interview: Afghanistan’s Foreign Policy
By Muhammad Akbar Notezai
How has Afghanistan’s foreign policy evolved under President Ashraf Ghani?

Islamic State’s New Afghan Front
By Javid Ahmad
The Islamic State has arrived in Afghanistan. Or has it?