Pakistan, Oct. 15 -- Tension that had been building between Islamabad and Kabul for some time erupted into open battle when the Afghan Taliban clergy administration recently started attacks on this country, which Pak army replied heroically by repelling the aggression.

Islamabad's civil and military leadership must forge a strategy that safeguards the nation's borders, stabilizes internal security, and averts a significant escalation with Kabul, while unverified claims about the killing of outlawed TTP chief Noor Wali Mehsud in Kabul keep on a shaky report. The defense minister again brought up the matter in the National Assembly in recent past, stating that the government was considering sending a second team to Kabul to persuade the Ta...