Pakistan’s actions in Afghanistan may hurt its US ties
Monday, February 22, 2021
It believes the ‘intra-Afghan’ peace talks can only succeed if President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani’s government is replaced by an interim administration. It is supporting renewed offensives by various insurgent groups in Afghanistan in a bid to pressure Ghani and show Washington the cost of reneging on its promised troop withdrawal.

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