Afghan-Pakistan ties: Aligning policy with reality
Ghani's unprecedented outreach will likely snap under domestic pressure if Pakistan does not move quickly to reward it.
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Ahmad Shayeq Qassem is a former Afghan diplomat who served at Afghan embassies in London and Canberra (2000-2006).
He is the author of Afghanistan's Political Stability: A Dream Unrealised (Ashgate, 2009) and several other academic works on Afghanistan and its relations with South Asia and Central Asia.
He tweets @ashayeq.
