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Taliban have been acquiring US weapons for years. ANA soldiers would just hand them over or were captured after a battle. They will use them because they will have to.

I hope this helps: https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-reckoning-for-pakistan-taliban-afghanistan-imran-khan-11629150736?st=p9wkjantzxtvmgg&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink The article says more about the US than Pakistan, in my opinion. It's like a husband caught a cheating wife red-handed but...

Nobody cares about Aafia. She has been used by every political party in Pakistan as a football: used and abused and then forgotten.

Given what happened, the gold being anywhere but Afghanistan seems like the right move.

Because the Taliban is no longer fighting but governing. They have an entire country to feed, to power, and protect. Requires change of gears and lots of cash.

In the interim, the regional players can foot the bill.

Technically, there's no government in Afghanistan. The Taliban haven't formed a government yet. Then it needs to be recognized. The US taking a look and see approach. Assuming they even recognize the Taliban government, it may never see the money.

Pakistan’s image will now be linked with the Taliban, like it or not. If the Taliban are positively perceived then so will Pakistan.

Biden is right here. The ANA didn’t even resist for a single moment.They had twenty years to create institutions like a government or an army. They failed on both accounts. No point helping someone who can’t help themselves.

Northern Alliance? This is not the 1990s. Russia and Iran want stability in the region, hence they will work with the Taliban. So far, the Taliban are making the right notes. The current crop seems more moderate than the Taliban of the 1990s.

What is to be an Afghan? Not even the ANA knew. They have no idea for who or what they were fighting for. No spirit d’corp. That the US continued to rely on them in the face of reality will fill history books.

Jinnah wasn’t a key member of Congress that fought for independence? Remember, the Pakistan movement came much later.

I think celebrating the independence of India and Pakistan should be celebrated for it is: freedom from colonialism. The animus between the two countries should be treated as a separate issue. Just a thought.

Pakistan is also to blame for how its maltreated by the US. Pakistan is like a wife who refuses to leave or divorce an abusive husband. Soon as there is a hint of reconciliation, she changes her mind. What can you about such a person. I think IK realizes that what he says or does is...

Moeed Yusef raised the issue of the phone call in the FT interview, hence the press inquiries. It must bother somebody in Pakistan if this issue keeps cropping up. Proof that IK is inconsequential in Pak-US relations. That power resides with GHQ. He's a mere spectator. This explains the lack...

What’s sad is that no South Asian country can produce a competitive football team. Bangladesh use to be football-focused before it was overtaken by cricket.

What hypocrisy? Where has the Pakistan government's freedom of expression been suppressed? Just because the Washington Post -- a private media outlet -- refuses to publish a response doesn't make them hypocrites on freedom of expression. Do I have the right to say what I want in your house...

What makes people feel that Pak-US relations are such that acquiring F-16s — new or used — is even viable? @Bilal Khan (Quwa) said it best: if the US wanted Pakistan to have more F-16s it would have done so by now. Unless, the PAF is still waffling over the matter, Pakistan is looking towards...

What's the popularity of Chinese apps outside like WeChat, Baidu, etc outside of China (including non-Chinese users)? China is big enough to sustain these apps but they are not universal. Also, Chinese apps are so particular to China that no Western app can match them, like WeChat. In fact...

An unstable Afghanistan is preferable to India rather than an Afghanistan ruled by the Taliban. Here's to muddying the waters.