The path to negotiations with the Taliban is fraught with intricacies, Imtiaz Gul write in The Friday Times
The post-election Pakistan is echoing with slogans of change, reconciliation and the need for talks (including with the Taliban). Nawaz Sharif says there is no harm in talking to the Taliban. So does Imran Khan. Dialogue of course is the ultimate tool for approaching, deescalating, neutralizing and eventually ending the conflict, yet it remains a matter of speculation as to whether Imran Khan and the Sharifs completely understand the complications preceding and accompanying the proposition. This also raises a fundamental question - at what cost does the state want to approach the militants? Here, the military view is different from the civilian understanding of the issue. Read article in The Friday Times
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