Pakistan remains under assault from enemies within, working hand in glove with external sponsors. But to frame Quetta's latest tragedy purely as terrorism is to miss the wider point, since this was a political act designed to exploit the fault lines of a fragile state.

The bombing outside the Frontier Corps headquarters, which killed 10 and wounded dozens, was about optics. It was meant to symbolise a direct challenge to state authority in a province that has long........

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