Its anti-India identity is no longer sufficient to stem its mounting contradictions, which are most apparent in the two incarnations of the Taliban: the Afghan Taliban, which is the Pakistani military’s surrogate, and the Pakistani Taliban – formally known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) – which is the military’s nemesis. Pakistan also provides sanctuary to the Afghan Taliban’s chief, Mullah Mohammad Omar (and also harbors a well-known international fugitive, the Indian organized crime boss Dawood Ibrahim).
巴基斯坦已经处在准崩溃状态。该国的反印诉求已经不足以遏制其愈演愈烈的矛盾，上述矛盾在对塔利班两大化身的不同态度上表现得最为显著：作为巴基斯坦军方代理的阿富汗塔利班，以及巴基斯坦塔利班——正式名称是巴基斯坦塔利班运动（TTP）——他们是军方的死敌。巴基斯坦还为阿富汗塔利班首领毛拉·穆罕默德·奥马尔提供庇护（还窝藏一位知名的国际逃犯，印度有组织犯罪首领达乌德·易卜拉欣）。