| Description |
1 online resource (ii, 31 pages) : color map |
| Series |
Asia report ; no. 262 |
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ICG Asia report ; no. 262.
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| Contents |
Introduction -- Policy imperatives and internal implications -- Expanding economic ties -- Afghans in Pakistan -- Conclusion |
| Summary |
"Pakistan's relations with Afghanistan have been largely characterised by mutual mistrust and devised through a narrow security prism. While it will require considerable effort to end deep-seated animosity, both countries share close ethnic, linguistic, religious and economic ties. Longstanding Afghan migration to the territories that now compose Pakistan makes them an integral part of Pakistani society. Yet, military-devised interventionist policies, based on perceived national security interests, including support for Afghan, mainly Pashtun, proxies, have marred the relationship. The incoming Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai has offered to expand bilateral ties, providing Islamabad fresh opportunities to improve the relationship. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has responded positively, but the Pakistani military and civilian leadership's preferences toward Kabul are diverging further as Afghanistan's transition draws closer. By recalibrating relations toward economic ties and seeking solutions to the presence of millions of Afghan refugees on its soil, Pakistan could engage more constructively with its neighbour"--Publisher's web site |
| Notes |
"28 October 2014." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ICG, viewed November 13, 2014) |
| Subject |
Afghans -- Pakistan
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Afghans.
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Diplomatic relations.
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International economic relations.
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| SUBJECT |
Pakistan -- Foreign relations -- Afghanistan
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Afghanistan -- Foreign relations -- Pakistan
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Pakistan -- Foreign economic relations -- Afghanistan
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Afghanistan -- Foreign economic relations -- Pakistan
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| Subject |
Afghanistan.
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Pakistan.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
International Crisis Group, issuing body.
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