Srinagar, March 5 -- While Islamabad has repeatedly been asking Kabul to take action against Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan [TTP] terrorist group which it alleges operates from Afghanistan, Pakistan's Chief of Defence Forces [CDF] Field Marshal Asim Munir has been more blunt on this issue. In January 2024, he had declared that "When the security of each Pakistani is at stake, Afghanistan can be condemned and cursed as a whole," and more recently, warned Kabul to choose between Pakistan and TTP. This is why Pakistan's Defence Minister Khawaja Asif's recent declaration of an "open war" against Afghanistan should not have come as a surprise but it has, and there are major reasons for this.One, at a time when the Pakistan army already has its han...