Pakistan is losing patience with the Taliban
Insurgents continue to attack it from Afghanistan
PAKISTAN’S DAPPER spy chief was all smiles when he swanned into Kabul, the Afghan capital, three weeks after the Taliban regained power. During his visit in September Faiz Hameed (who has since stepped down) tried to reassure a nervous world that Afghanistan’s future would be rosy. America and its allies had departed in ignoble fashion, handing the government to an Islamist militia. But Lieutenant-General Hameed was upbeat. “Everything will be okay,” he said.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Bad neighbours”
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