Taliban’s backing of militants threatens its own survival

The collapse of the recent Pakistan–Afghanistan peace talks in Istanbul underscores a grim reality: the Afghan Taliban’s foreign policy remains mired in the same insularity and obstinacy that have long kept Afghanistan isolated and unstable. For a movement that once promised to bring “stability” after decades of war, the Taliban’s refusal to rein in cross-border
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