Has the hour of victory come for Islamabad?
Joe Biden's decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan by September 11 offers the Taliban the opportunity to control new territory and conquer major cities once Afghan forces no longer benefit from US air support.
Such a scenario would strengthen Pakistan's influence in Afghanistan.
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Since the emergence of the Taliban movement in 1994, Pakistani intelligence services have supplied Islamist fighters with equipment.
They then offered them rear bases after the US invasion in 2001. The ties are so close that, since the start of the war in Afghanistan, all US presidents have called on Pakistan first to neutralize the Taliban rulers there. his soil and then persuade them to negotiate.
The head of the Taliban delegation which has been engaged in dialogue with Afghan factions within the framework of the Doha peace process since the year
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