Pakistan Strikes Kill 29 Militants in Afghanistan

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Above: A damaged rooftop after an attack by the Pakistani military in Asadabad, Kunar province on April 28. Image credit: Aimal Zahir/AFP/Getty Images

The Spin

Pakistan's assault on Afghanistan is morally indefensible and economically ruinous. With debt at 74.5% of GDP and interest payments devouring nearly 8% more, Islamabad is picking a fight that, history warns, no one wins.will Afghanistan has outlasted empires through sheer endurancewin. This violence resolves nothing: both nations trade accusations over TTP and ISIS-K sanctuaries. What is demandedneeded now is serious diplomacy — a monitored, binding agreement of mutual non-interference. Pakistan's current path is a failure. The time for negotiations is long overdue.

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Pakistan's military response to cross-border terrorism is a necessary act of self-defense against a Taliban regime that actively shelters TTP and IMP militants launching attacks on Pakistani civilians and security forces. The Afghan Taliban are fragmented, ideologically rigid and completely unwilling to honor UNU.N. resolutions demanding denial of sanctuary to terror networks. Kinetic pressure, on the country — paired with diplomacy and regional coordination, — is the only realistic path to dismantling these threats.