Saher Liaqat & Abu Hurrairah Abbasi

Saher Liaqat is an MPhil Scholar of Strategic Studies at the National Defence University, Islamabad. She has been associated with the Hanns Seidel Foundation as a research fellow. She has also worked at the Institute of Strategic Studies, Islamabad, and the China Study Centre at COMSATS University Islamabad. Her areas of interest are the US-China competition, Non-Traditional Security threats, and the Politics of South Asia. Abu Hurrairah Abbasi is an MPhil Scholar at the National Defence University in Islamabad, Pakistan. He has also been associated with an Islamabad-based policy think tank, the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad. His research interests include the politics of South Asia, emerging technologies, and non-traditional security threats.

Pakistan’s Afghanistan Policy: From Strategic Depth to Deadlock

Generated by Google Gemini AI on November 11, 2025. All flags, maps, and likenesses contained within this image are not necessarily accurate representations of reality.

Pakistan’s long-cherished notion of strategic depth in Afghanistan has devolved into strategic deadlock, with both parties increasingly viewing each other as threats rather than allies.

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