‘New Normal’: Is Pakistan trying to set new red lines with Afghan Taliban?

Amid growing clashes with the Taliban, Pakistan’s moves bear parallels, ironically, with an approach it has decried in the past.

By Abid Hussain

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Islamabad, Pakistan – When Pakistan’s foreign minister, Ishaq Dar, visited Kabul in April and met his Afghan Taliban counterpart, Amir Khan Muttaqi, analysts viewed the occasion as marking a reset of relations amid the increasing hostilities between the two former allies.

‘New Normal’: Is Pakistan trying to set new red lines with Afghan Taliban?

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