The Afghanistan–Pakistan border is emerging as a new epicenter of instability

The Afghanistan–Pakistan border is emerging as a new epicenter of instability

South Asia’s next potential pressure point may lie not along the Line of Control in Kashmir, but westward, along the volatile Afghanistan–Pakistan border. This frontier is quickly emerging as a central driver of regional instability. As expert Michael Kugelman recently noted, an underreported conflict is gaining momentum between Pakistan authorities in Islamabad and the Taliban government in Kabul. It is centered on Pakistan’s claims that Kabul …