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Pakistan's Afghan Dilemma

ISI’s creation of Taliban Comes Home to Roost

Jul 07, 2021
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By: Salman Rafi Sheikh

Pakistan appears to have lost control of the Afghan Taliban, founded in 1994 by its feared Inter-Services Intelligence, known as the ISI, as a proxy to keep India at bay on its northwestern border, raising concerns over its connections to radical organizations seeking to install Islamic law in Pakistan itself.

While Pakistan’s poli…

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