Foreign Policy

The Taliban was not abiding by the part of the Doha deal that asked them to cut ties with al Qaeda — intelligence reports have shown that the Taliban continues to maintain those ties.

[Even if the Taliban could get money from the IMF...the process] would take, I think, months at the earliest, if at all. [...] The U.S. still retains a lot of political heft in the global, political and economic systems to twist some arms. The Taliban are not going to be popular.

[If...military technology were to pass from the Afghan Taliban to regional insurgents like the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan] that spells disaster for Pakistan.