Pakistan may need to further refine its current Afghan policy. Its desired end state henceforth could be to forge very friendly, productive, mutually supporting, and beneficial relations with Afghanistan based upon peace, harmony, shared development, prosperity, and welfare of the peoples, and a pursuit of happiness through converging interests. The ways adopted could be to seek a complete cessation of trans-frontier terrorist attacks into Pakistan, the development and acceptance of a peaceful Pakistan–Afghanistan border leading to meaningful diplomatic and economic interaction at the bilateral, regional, and international levels. Afghanistan could be assisted in coming out of its international isolation and in the removal of sanctions as well. The development of bilateral and regional connectivity and economic interdependence (incorporating Afghanistan into the CPEC) could further fortify mutually beneficial relations. The means adopted could be diplomatic, economic, and, if need be, military/coercive. The Afghan Taliban Government must be continuously engaged to create the desired environment conducive to peaceful co-existence and mutually beneficial diplomatic and economic relationships. Failing which, multidimensional diplomatic, social, informational, economic, and military coercion may be resorted to, as and when required.

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Pakistan could yet reiterate its earlier offer to the Afghan Taliban. It had suggested three options. One, the Afghan Taliban could either convince the terrorist groups to stop their unwarranted attacks on Pakistan, or failing which, they themselves could undertake........

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