In hindsight, getting rid of the Ghani government was a counterproductive move. Lt. General Faiz Hameed (who was DG ISI at the time and has since been convicted and court-martialled) went to Kabul and said “everything will be OK”. IK said Pakistan had ended “slavery” or something like that.

The Taliban were supposed to be pro-Pakistan and against India. It didn’t work out that way.

Ashraf Ghani is a personal friend of my parents from DC days.

Admin Note: irredentist claims need to be settled by International Laws otherwise every country then breaks up

Admin Note: this is a low-signal comment.

Also check the Precedent category; there are clear indications Pakistan has done and is doing very well diplomatically +
Militarily

waitaminnit, wasn’t replacing Ghani with the Taliban the Pakistani masterstroke of getting a ‘pro-Pakistan’ regime?

Bottomline, even the weakest of states does not take kindly to foreign intervention in its governance. Least of all the Afghans.

It really doesn’t serve any purpose except as a place for BB and RNJ to concentrate their anti-Pakistan commentary.

Pakistan is one of the successor states of British India.

Calm down.

There is no such thing as “NWFP” That’s a British colonial name.

Pakistan’s territorial integrity is a red line.

Ashraf Ghani’s government was not taking anti-Pakistan actions like the Taliban is currently taking.

In retrospect, bringing Ghani’s government down was a big mistake that Pakistan made.

No regime in Afghanistan will let NWFP be.

Remember, Taliban was the “pro-Pakistan” regime in 2021 when they took over.

No. India is a responsible civilizational state. Pakistan is an illegal rump state. Afghanistan also has more legitimacy being the inheritor of the Durrani empire.

Chup. Failed Marshall.