I hate to say this but Pakistan doesnt lack the resources to defeat the Taliban or Afghanistan, but it does lack the balls and mental clarity.
the kind of deterrence needed against such a people will require wiping out their villages and collective punishing their supporters, and being indiscriminate. But Pakis have no balls and are a massively insecure cowardly nation so they have a habit of sucking up to their killers/enemies too. Lack of dignity or self respect means theyll rather get slaughtered and do nothing.
A country like China, India or Turkey facing this threat would have unleashed serious brutality
