Afghanistan, Oct. 22 -- Pakistan's decades-long strategy of supporting the Taliban to reduce India's influence in Afghanistan has failed to deliver the expected results, according to an Indian analyst, who says the Taliban's expanding engagement with New Delhi has exposed the limits of Islamabad's influence.
Raghav Sharma, director of the Centre for Afghanistan Studies at O.P. Jindal Global University in India, said in an interview that Pakistan had spent roughly three decades supporting the Taliban in the hope of strengthening its position in Afghanistan. Instead, relations between the former allies have deteriorated, while the Taliban has pursued contacts with other regional powers, including India.
He compared Pakistan's current diffic...