Pakistonomy
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Episode 229 - Pakistan's Afghan Dilemma and the Path Forward
45 minutes Posted Jan 24, 2025 at 12:00 am.
Introduction
The NRF and state of play in Afghanistan
Life under the Taliban
Pakistan’s bet on the Taliban
How can Pakistan change its Afghanistan policy?
Regional strategy
NRF and Pakistan relations
Expectations from Trump administration
Reading recommendations
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In this episode Uzair talks to Ali Nazari about the current state of affairs in Afghanistan, the status of the resistance against the Taliban, and the ways in which the Taliban are allowing transnational terrorism to occur from Afghanistan.
Ali Nazari is Head of Foreign Relations for the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan (NRF). Ali began his career in communications at Khorasan TV, hosting a weekly show on politics and current affairs in Afghanistan. He then was Director of Media Affairs for Abdullah Abdullah's 2014 presidential campaign. As tensions between the Taliban and the government grew amidst the drawdown of NATO forces from Afghanistan, Nazary served as a chief foreign policy advisor and a liaison between Ahmad Massoud and foreign diplomats up until his departure from Kabul a few days after August 15, 2021. Since then, Nazary has served as Head of Foreign Relations for the NRF.
Chapters:
Reading recommendations:
- In the Name of my Father: Struggling for Freedom in Afghanistan by Ahmad Massoud
- Afghanistan: A History from 1260 to the Present by Jonathan L. Lee
- Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations: Pitfalls and the Way Forward edited by Huma Baqai and Nausheen Wasi