EFSAS Study Paper: Making of Durand Line - Irredentism & Rise of the Taliban
March 7, 2022
While noting that the Pakistani support for the Taliban translates the Taliban’s victory into a victory for Pakistan, analysts such as Riedel (2021) have also predicted that the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan will exacerbate anti-government militancy in Pakistan. The Afghan Taliban enjoys close ties with the Pakistani Taliban, commonly known as TTP (Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan). Although the TTP’s connection with the Taliban has grown weaker over time, especially following the escalation of the United States’ drone war in the borderlands between Afghanistan and Pakistan, the TTP remains a potent threat within Pakistan and seeks to emulate the Taliban’s creation of a Sharia-dominated, Islamist governance structure in Pakistan.
