Despite the challenges to peace, both know they will hurt from continued hostilities – and need a path to peace.


Hameed Hakimi is an Associate Fellow at Chatham House and a Senior Fellow (nonresident) at the Atlantic Council. As a senior expert, he has led interd... isciplinary research, strategic dialogues, communication strategies, and high-impact projects for over 15 years, focusing on complex contexts such as South Asia. His doctoral research at the University of Cambridge critically examines conceptions of security, securitisation and migration in Europe.
Despite the challenges to peace, both know they will hurt from continued hostilities – and need a path to peace.

For two decades, they were close allies. Why are relations between Pakistan and the Taliban so tense now?
