BBCNEWS BBC News August 17, 2021 20:44:00
As the taliban swept into kabul on sunday, the leaders in pakistan could hardly disguise their schedenfreude. prime minister imran khan said the afghan people had broken the shackles of slavery. but beyond the triumphalism at the way the us mission ended, there could yet be problems ahead for pakistan. let's bring in husain haqqani — he is a former pakistan ambassador to the the united states, now a senior fellow and director for south and central asia at the hudson institute. ambassador, good to have you with us. there is a rather paradoxical attitude in pakistan towards afghanistan. 0n the...