This @Rabs_AA piece is not a digital warriors' delight because it neither bashes certain factions nor extols the others. It asks some tough questions of the Taliban and the U.S., a country that has let them run scot-free. pakistanpolitico.com/afghanpeace/
The Taliban, according to the author, must be pushed to share their vision ,their framework for Afghanistan. No free passes for them, please. The Taliban, as the author says, must show the world that they have changed.
That Afghanistan does want to be ruled by TB is reason enough to ask of them as to what their strategy is to win hearts and minds of 34 million Afghans, rightly says @Rabs_AA .
Taliban rule the roost ; they have it their way, simply because no punitive costs have been imposed on them, argues the author while saying that Pakistan has to demand such accountability of the Biden administration.
Rightly so, the author says that the Taliban have won, for they were allowed to talk over bullets, shun ceasefire, and kill innocent people.
As the author rightly says, CBMs are needed to be instituted at multiple levels, one being between Islamabad and Pakistan. @Rabs_AA sees the need for the US to play the go-between and act as the mover of CBMs, for sans those trust-propellants, stability will remain elusive.
Citing Pakistan's legitimate concerns regarding safe-havens of terrorists in Afghanistan, @Rabs_AA writes that the elephant in the room must be addressed, lest spoilers have the last laugh.
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