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Beyond Strategic Depth: Rethinking Pakistan’s Afghanistan Policy
Pakistan’s Afghanistan policy needs to move beyond assumptions of strategic alignment and focus more directly on national security interests. The real test is whether Kabul can deliver verifiable action against…
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