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Mohsin Dawar: Taliban Have Not Yet Broken Free from the Influence of Pakistan\u2019s Military.<\/strong><\/p>\n Despite recent tensions between Kabul and Islamabad, Mohsin Dawar maintains that the disagreements are more apparent and tactical than substantive.<\/strong><\/p>\n He claims that the Taliban\u2019s structure remains influenced by Pakistan\u2019s military establishment and that major decisions by the group continue to be made under the shadow of Islamabad\u2019s security calculations.<\/strong><\/p>\n According to him, what is portrayed as political tension has not altered the fundamental nature of the Taliban\u2019s dependence.<\/strong><\/p>\n Referring to the history of relations between the two sides, Dawar noted that Pakistan\u2019s support for the Taliban was frequently raised during the republican era.<\/strong><\/p>\n Following the collapse of the previous government and the Taliban\u2019s takeover of Kabul in August 2021, the visit of the then head of Pakistan\u2019s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) to Afghanistan and his widely publicized meeting with Taliban leaders at Kabul\u2019s Serena Hotel was viewed by many observers as clear evidence of Islamabad\u2019s direct role in Afghanistan\u2019s political developments.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Pakistani politician believes that the Taliban\u2019s conduct and policy positions continue to be defined within the framework of Pakistan Army\u2019s strategic interests.<\/strong><\/p>\n He further asserts that the group\u2019s political and security behavior could be calibrated in ways that create grounds for increased pressure \u2014 or even potential military action \u2014 by Pakistan against Afghanistan, a claim that once again highlights debate over the true nature of relations between Kabul and Islamabad.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Mohsin Dawar: Taliban Have Not Yet Broken Free from the Influence of Pakistan\u2019s Military. Despite recent tensions between Kabul and Islamabad, Mohsin Dawar maintains that the disagreements are more apparent and tactical than substantive. He claims that the Taliban\u2019s structure remains influenced by Pakistan\u2019s military establishment and that major decisions by the group continue to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-political"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15723"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15727,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15723\/revisions\/15727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}