Amu: Pakistan’s military and intelligence establishment has long been accused of using proxy jihadist groups as tools of its foreign policy. From Kashmir to Afghanistan, Pakistani-backed terrorist groups have waged war in pursuit of Islamabad’s strategic goals. From the first Kashmir war, soon after independence, to the Taliban’s return in Kabul, the Pakistan behaviour has been the same: armed non-state groups are treated as low-cost tools to pressure stronger rivals, avoid direct war, and keep influence in neighboring countries. What seems rational to Rawalpindi’s strategists has produced decades of destabilizing outcomes for the neighborhood and even for Pakistan itself. What’s alarming is how little the world has done to change it. The only way to stop it is to make the strategy unaffordable, both politically and financially, and in terms of reputation. Click here to read more (external link).