Brothers' War: TTP and the Pakistan-Taliban Conflict

In this episode of Beyond the Indus, leading Pakistan security expert Dr. Christine Fair, a professor at Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service, joins host Tushar Shetty to explore Pakistan's failing Afghanistan strategy and the escalating TTP crisis. We discuss the historical roots of Pakistan’s “strategic depth” doctrine and its decades-long support for the Taliban, the structure and origins of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and its relationship with the Afghan Taliban, and Pakistan's broader reliance on militant proxies as a tool of foreign policy. Dr. Fair also examines India's role in Afghanistan, the Pashtun perspective on the conflict, and why Pakistan's current approach offers no viable path forward.