Biden’s Rushed Afghan Exit Adds Strains to U.S.-Pakistan Ties
- U.S. may need Pakistan’s help to influence Taliban in Kabul
- Pakistan has long worked with U.S. -- and sheltered Taliban
Afghan nationals at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing point in Chaman.
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Joe Biden’s hopes of keeping the Afghan Taliban in check will rely heavily on Pakistan, a neighboring nation that has close ties to the militant group but which has often proven an unreliable partner to the U.S.
Islamabad has long tried to balance its relationship with the U.S. and its support for the Taliban, stoking frustration in Washington and a sense now that the militant group’s triumph has a lot to do with its base of support in Pakistan.