Since the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in 1979, Pakistan has viewed the country as a source of “strategic depth” in its decades-old enmity with India. As a result, it has been playing both sides of the US-Taliban conflict, permitting US drone strikes against Afghan Taliban leaders hiding in its western provinces but making little effort to confront the Taliban on the ground.
巴基斯坦的对阿政策实际上是自己在跟自己过不去。自1979年苏联入侵阿富汗以来，巴基斯坦就将阿富汗视为本国与宿敌印度之间的“战略纵深”。因此它在美国-塔利班冲突中两面下注，一方面允许美国无人机空袭躲藏在其西部省份的阿富汗塔利班领导人，另一方面却很少抵抗塔利班的地面进攻。这样一来，在逻辑上，巴基斯坦就可以拥有对塔利班的足够影响力并保持对阿富汗政府的制约。