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I think these ambiguous stands on WOT are not doing any good. And a proof that either it will fail or Pakistan as a partner is conflict of interest in itself. The way Taliban moved towards Pakistan is a proof in itself that they have a wider agenda than Afghanistan. Ambiguity kills the cause.
There is nothing ambiguous in how I described the dynamics in Afghanistan and Pakistan - that is the reality of the situation there, and it is a reality admitted by American analysts as well.
You cannot resolve the situation in Afghanistan without understanding what the underlying dynamics of the insurgency are.
And there is a strong nationalist element to the Afghan insurgency that is missing (or not present to the extent it is in Afghanistan) in Pakistan, where the driving force is primarily ideology and power, perhaps similar to the original Taliban expansion in Afghanistan in the nineties.