Pakistan: Afghanistan, the Taliban, and a New Plan

U.S. President Donald Trump's new plan for the war in Afghanistan is huge, at least for Pakistan. So huge that on Aug. 30, for the second time in a week, Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi chaired a meeting of the National Security Committee, arguably the highest point of coordination between civilian and military leadership in the country. The purpose of both meetings: crafting a policy response to Trump, who in his speech announcing a new Afghan strategy Aug. 21 publicly accused Pakistan of harboring terrorists. But what's almost more threatening to Pakistan is Trump's request for Pakistani archrival India to play a greater role in the war in Afghanistan....