The British, Russians and Americans tried to tame Afghanistan but failed. The difference in our situation is that Pakistan isn’t taking over afghan territory but they are being coming to our territory to attack. I see this as a long term war of attrition (20 years +)
We should follow the afghan playbook of hit and run( for us via drones).
Absolutely, anyone looking for a end to this is frankly foolish
This didn't start 5, 10, 20 years ago, it wasn't because of policy or anything
AFGHANS HAVE BEEN ATTACKING US FOR DECADES, SINCE THE 40s
We have two enemies in essence, Hindus and afghans
We understand the threat from the Hindus and have essentially countered it over the years and continue to do so, even the Hindus inside Pakistan can't act out or risk harsh retribution
The Afghans however due to ethnic connections and religion were seen as fellow Muslims
but afghanis never saw us as that and repeatedly attacked us
so when our of sheer Afghan stupidity they invited the Soviets in and they started to oppress the population, we should have let them do it
Instead we allowed millions of Namak harams with zero loyalty to Pakistan to enter Pakistan and bring, drugs, guns, terrorism and chaos
That population has given VERY VERY little to Pakistan and caused fassad and problems beyond words, the cost to the general population is too large for us to ignore
You need to start clearing Pakistan of this population and get them sent back to Afghanistan
That Includes all major cities and population centers
Ensure that without a I.D card you can't do anything and revoke all I.D cards that can't be verified
People are looking for a end, when what you will have is a MANAGEMENT of the issue
the Afghan republic etc were a strategic threat but the Afghans are still Afghans and are as backwards and Moronic as they come, until and unless you can remove them from society you will have problems