The meeting between Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and K-P Chief Minister Sohail Afridi is welcome not merely for its optics but for what it attempts to arrest — a dangerous mix of rising terrorism in K-P and an overheated political climate that has paralysed governance. After weeks of brinkmanship and hardening rhetoric, the sight of both sides choosing conversation over confrontation matters.

K-P today sits at the sharp end of Pakistan's security crisis. Attacks have intensified and........

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