During the last two weeks, given the October skirmish between Pakistan and Afghanistan, we discussed IEA's covert and demonstrated hostility towards Pakistan, which remains unjustifiable from sociological (Pashtunwali), Islamic fraternity and/or good neighbourly standpoints. That this acrimony is in sheer violation of the basic tenet of Pashtunwali, that is shegara (or khegara) — doing good and returning good with good. That militarily Pakistan can fight a '1.5 Front' Indo-Afghan aggression, a scenario best avoided. That Afghanistan and CARs are not of any 'outsized and overwhelming' geo-strategic and economic relevance, except energy; for which other inexpensive alternatives also exit.

After outlining the Doha Agreement, as reported, and the prospects of parleys in Istanbul, I surmised t

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