Amid the spurt in attacks by banned outfit Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Pakistan’s quest to secure "strategic depth" in Afghanistan by installing a ‘friendly’ government in Kabul has resulted in what security analysts have begun to call "strategic death," writes James Crickton in policy research group, Poreg. The TTP has deep historical ties with the Afghan Taliban, Al-Qaeda and the Islamic State in Khorasan Province (ISKP). Moreover, Pakistan, which nurtured TTP to use it as a proxy force to advance the strategic interest of the Pakistan Army in Afghanistan and India, is now getting a taste of its own medicine as the banned group is contributing to the rising insurgency in the country.
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