The reported undiplomatic sermon from Afghan Taliban, urging Islamabad to engage the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan in talks is nothing but a tactic to deviate public opinion. Moreover, Kabul also understands that it is in a pledge with the international community to persuade the TTP to not use its soil for nefarious activities, and to exterminate all such elements. Thus, the lecture to take to the table seems to be a friendly gesture more towards the TTP, then actually addressing the menace of cross-border terrorism. This new stunt from the Taliban will surely be contested by Pakistan, and the regional states alike. This is the reason Pakistan’s civil and military leadership had called it a day, and resolved not to engage anymore with such dreaded entities.
