Pakistan
https://www.aviation-defence-universe.com/pakistans-afghan-gamble-backfires-from-strategic-depth-to-strategic-dilemma/ Pakistan’s Afghan Gamble Backfires: From Strategic Depth to Strategic Dilemma • From Strategic Asset to Strategic Liability: How Pakistan Lost the Taliban • Pakistan’s Afghan Strategy in Crisis: Why the Taliban Chose Sovereignty Over Subservience • Pakistan and the Taliban: From Closest Partners to Uneasy Adversaries By Jai Kumar Verma New Delhi. 31 July 2026. Few geopolitical relationships have undergone as dramatic a transformation in recent years as that between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban. For decades, Islamabad viewed the Taliban as a reliable strategic partner capable of securing its western frontier, limiting India’s influence in Afghanistan and reinforcing its long-standing doctrine of “strategic depth.” The Taliban’s return to power in August 2021 appeared to validate that strategy, with Pakistan celebrating what many regarded as a major geopolitical...