Pakistan played disruptive role in Afghanistan: US report

Washington, November 12

Pakistan has long played an active and, by many accounts, disruptive and destabilising role in Afghan affairs, including through the provision of support to the Taliban, a latest Congressional report on Afghanistan has said.

In the report, which has been prepared by independent subject area experts, the bipartisan Congressional Research Service said if other countries such as Pakistan, Russia, China, or US partners such as Qatar move towards greater acceptance of the Taliban, it could isolate the US, weakening its leverage and giving the Taliban greater opportunities to evade or counter the US pressure. A more punitive US approach could exacerbate the already dire humanitarian conditions in Afghanistan with uncertain implications for Taliban. — PTI