It won’t: because of India–So says a pundit for The Nation in Pakistan. Taliban “moderates” will balk at dealing with India.
That’s not the only problem with talking to the Taliban but it is true that the world’s biggest secular democracy is a forgotten factor in Afpak politics.
Get out, says The Guardian.
“…stop the fighting by offering the Quetta Shura, the Taliban HQ, a ceasefire. Progress should not be contingent on a ceasefire. The Shura have said they will only stop fighting when the foreigners leave. But this is a matter of sequencing, if a ceasefire entails, as it must, a commitment to leave.”
