{"id":7015,"date":"2024-04-01T11:54:22","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T11:54:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=7015"},"modified":"2024-04-01T11:55:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T11:55:32","slug":"pakistan-shoring-up-afghanistans-peace-process","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/geopoliticalcompass.com\/?p=7015","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan: Shoring Up Afghanistan\u2019s Peace Process"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"7015\" class=\"elementor elementor-7015\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c768a7a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c768a7a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f3d0606\" data-id=\"f3d0606\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-262adaf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"262adaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>Author<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: International Crisis Group<\/span><\/p><p><b>Organization<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/<\/span><b>Publisher<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: International Crisis Group<\/span><\/p><p><b>Date<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\/<\/span><b>Place<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: June 30, 2021\/ Brussels, Belgium<\/span><\/p><p><b>Type of Literature<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Report<\/span><\/p><p><b>Number of Pages<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: 20<\/span><\/p><p><b>Link<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crisisgroup.org\/asia\/south-asia\/pakistan\/b169-pakistan-shoring-afghanistans-peace-process\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">https:\/\/www.crisisgroup.org\/asia\/south-asia\/pakistan\/b169-pakistan-shoring-afghanistans-peace-process<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><b>Keywords<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Afghanistan, Pakistan, Taliban, Civil war<\/span><\/i><\/p><p><b>Brief:\u00a0<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Since the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan, Pakistan has played a key role to safeguard capitalistic goals of the United States in the region. Being a frontline ally of Washington DC, Islamabad used its territorial and sociocultural influence in Kabul to achieve geopolitical objectives. After the Soviet Union\u2019s withdrawal from Afghanistan in 1989, Pakistan backed the new insurgent group, the Taliban, in its goal to set up a shariah-based government in Kabul in 1996. Most of the Taliban leadership either trained or studied in Pakistan during the Cold War, therefore the religious intelligentsia of Pakistan had some influence on the Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan. Furthermore, Islamabad has also utilized this influential capability to bring the Taliban to the table during different peace dialogues in Qatar. Moreover, with the announcement made by President Joe Biden regarding the withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan, the dynamics on the ground have been transformed radically. Now, the Taliban is rapidly expanding its control in Afghanistan in all directions, surrounding the key urban centers from the peripheries. Meanwhile, Pakistan has also lost its pressure-building capability over the Taliban due to the precipitous withdrawal of NATO and US forces. Being located at a strategic position and considering the decades-long baggage of the past, Islamabad has taken a neutral stance while assessing the volatile circumstances in Afghanistan. Pakistan has ensured its political support to the political setup in Kabul formed by the will of the Afghan nation\u2014whether it\u2019s the Taliban, Ghani regime or a coalition.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><b>By: Muhammad Taimoor Bin Tanveer, CIGA Senior Research Associate<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Author: International Crisis Group Organization\/Publisher: International Crisis Group Date\/Place: June 30, 2021\/ Brussels, Belgium Type of Literature: Report Number of Pages: 20 Link: https:\/\/www.crisisgroup.org\/asia\/south-asia\/pakistan\/b169-pakistan-shoring-afghanistans-peace-process\u00a0 Keywords: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Taliban, Civil war Brief:\u00a0 Since the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan, Pakistan has played a key role to safeguard capitalistic goals of the United States in the region. 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