National Interest Pod: Pakistan is fighting a two-front war - 2011 National Interest predicted it, 15 years ago

A semi-war has broken out on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border involving jets, drones & artillery. A 2011 National Interest headlined “Leave Af to Pak” had predicted it. India, isn’t the only country in the subcontinent that has to worry about a two-front threat. The Pakistani strategic posture and military planning, however, were never designed for a two-front situation, least of all for the mess in which they’ve landed themselves now. Watch this week’s #NationalInterest with ThePrint Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta.  Read the 2011 National Interest here: Why India should get out and leave Af to Pak Read 2022 National Interest here: Why Buddha would be frowning at Ukraine today, and why India got it right with Pokhran 1 and 2