Military unrest, insurgency and Afghan clashes push India to rethink its strategy and build new ties

xNeighbouring Pakistan consistently displays a propensity for being in the news for all the wrong reasons. That this is due to multiple fault lines is also an undeniable fact. However, for the last two months, unexpected regional geopolitical churnings shaped by Pakistan’s one-time mentor, the United States, have emerged, with the US mollycoddling Pakistan. Mercurial US President Donald Trump, who in his first term had dubbed Pakistan as a “hub of global terror”, has thrice met Field Marshal Asim Munir, Pakistan’s Army chief, at the White House, and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif twice, which has raised many eyebrows. It is evident that Pakistan sees itself back in the regional geopolitical

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