There was widespread jubilation in Pakistan when neighbouring Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, in August 2021. Many, including the then Prime Minister, Imran Khan, expected that it would herald a new era of Pakistani influence over the new regime, which the important military and security establishment in Islamabad had nurtured for many decades. However, such hopes have remained unrealised.
In recent months there’s been a growing wave of attacks in Pakistan by Tehrik-e Taliban - otherwise known as the TTP or the Pakistani Taliban. However, while Islamabad may have hoped that the Taliban regime in neighbouring Afghanistan would help to control its Pakistani partners, it has seemingly done little to control them. Meanwhile, having reasserted control in Kabul, tensions appear to be emerging between the Taliban and Pakistan in other ways. For example, there have been renewed questions over the border between the two countries, the Durand Line, which was drawn up by British colonial authorities in Imperial India. This divided the Pashtun people, who make up most of the Taliban, and has been a lingering source of resentment. This all suggests that relations may now become increasingly difficult between Pakistan and its former partners.
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VIDEO CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction and Titles
00:43 The Pakistan Factor in Afghanistan
01:27 Pakistan-Afghanistan: Location and People
02:44 Afghanistan and British India
03:36 Afghanistan and Independent Pakistan
07:05 The Pakistan Taliban (TTP)
08:27 The TTP and the Afghan Taliban
10:54 Pakistan and the Restored Taliban
12:46 New Pakistan-Afghanistan Tensions?
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The Pashtunistan Issue and Politics in Afghanistan, 1947-1952
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Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations | Friedrich Ebert Stiftung
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Tehrik-e Taliban Pakistan (TTP) | US State Department Guide
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The Sun in the Sky: The relationship between Pakistan’s ISI and Afghan insurgents | LSE Paper 2010
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Pakistani’s Support of the Taliban | Human Rights Watch 2001
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The Revival of the Pakistan Taliban
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Pakistan’s Truce With TTP Militants Could Be a Double-Edged Sword
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2 июл 2024
