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title: "Could Pakistan Overthrow the Taliban?"
description: "Islamabad now sees the Taliban as a permanent enemy, and Afghan resistance groups are gaining ground. But Pakistan's own insurgencies make invasion unlikely — attrition is the likelier path."
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  - name: Simon Whistler
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Islamabad now sees the Taliban as a permanent enemy, and Afghan resistance groups are gaining ground. But Pakistan's own insurgencies make invasion unlikely — attrition is the likelier path.

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Full analysis is behind the paywall. Read the gated piece at https://fronts.co/videos/could-pakistan-overthrow-the-taliban/.
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