Christopher L Budihas

What Drives Pakistan's Interest in Afghanistan? Christopher L Budihas

Due to its haphazard partition from British Colonial India and a series of internal and external destabilizing events throughout the last six decades, Pakistan has beenplagued with varying degrees of instability that leave it today on the edge of becoming either a failed state or a regional power. This instability has led to a laundry list of detrimental effects, which include increased regional tensions with its neighbors, an Al Qaeda sanctuary, and homegrown terrorism that are contributing to the derailment of the Pakistani central government?s rule. Many of the challenges that Pakistan faces are deeply rooted in her relationship with Afghanistan.