Afghanistan, May 6 -- Former UN official Shashi Tharoor says Pakistan's influence over the Taliban has sharply declined, turning Afghanistan into a strategic quagmire.
Shashi Tharoor, former Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations, has remarked on the declining influence Pakistan holds over the Taliban, a shift that has led to increasing tensions between the two entities. In his recent article published by Project Syndicate on May 5th, Tharoor, a member of India's parliament, stated that Pakistan, which had once viewed the Taliban as a strategic tool to counter India, now faces difficulties controlling the group after its victory in Afghanistan.
For decades, Pakistan provided financial and logistical support to the Taliban, seeing ...