Taliban does not feel indifferent to ISI for Kabul takeover, says think tank – Times of India

ISLAMABAD: Recent events on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border have exposed the unresolved issue of Pakistan. Durand LineThis is likely to increase tension between the two sides.
Following Taliban takeover of Kabuli In August, Pakistan hoped to defuse the Durand Line issue. Pakistani leadership backs Afghan Taliban Despite warnings from the international community about the terrorist attack.
within months of Taliban capture KabuliAn editorial in virtual think-tank Global Strat View (GSV) said that Pakistan is now facing the consequences.
When the Taliban is trying to establish itself politically in Afghanistan, the burning issue of the Durand Line has resurfaced after the Taliban damaged parts of a border fence built by the Pakistani military.
Experts have predicted the possibility that the current border conflict on the border could potentially lead to a rift in relations between Kabul and Islamabad.
Recently, Pakistan’s National Security Advisor (NSA) Moeed Yusuf had to cancel his visit to Afghanistan in view of a planned plan. anti pakistan protest in Kabul.
Yusuf was scheduled to lead an inter-ministerial Pakistani delegation to discuss the issue of border fencing on the Durand Line.
NSA Yusuf had to cancel his two-day visit as an anti-Pakistan protest was planned at the Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.
Contrary to media reports, the Pakistan NSA had earlier said that Taliban officials in Afghanistan are maintaining cordial relations with Pakistan despite the problems of border fencing.
Responding to questions on several border incidents with the Taliban, Yusuf said those incidents were “local-level issues” that were addressed at the local level and had nothing to do with the Taliban government’s policy.
According to Global Strat View, Islamabad is yet to understand that the Taliban is not indifferent to the ISI for its takeover of Kabul last year.
The think tank said that the Taliban’s main challenge lies on the financial and economic front, and that Pakistan does not have the capacity to provide any meaningful help.

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