On 12th May 2016, the influential US newspaper, The New York Times, published an editorial placing the blame of Afghanistan quagmire on Pakistan. It wrote that, “Nearly 15 years after 9/11, the war in Afghanistan is raging and Pakistan deserves much of the blame. It remains a duplicitous and dangerous partner for the United States and Afghanistan, despite $33 billion in American aid and repeated attempts to reset relations on…

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