AfPak paranoia (plus India)

More reasons solutions will not be easy.

1) Afstan:

Is the U.S. Airlifting Taliban Troops into Northern Afghanistan?
No. But the question itself poses more questions than you might think.

2) Pakistan:

Indi'a [sic] desire to bifurcate Afghanistan through proxy war ["Bharat" means India; site at link not related to major Pak newspaper Dawn as far as I can tell]

Relevant:

Mumbai’s long shadow finally recedes [Dawn]

At long last, a firm step forward [The Hindu; one hopes]

Why we fought in Afstan/Afghan-Canadian Update [note Indian site in "Comments"]

Tangled Afghan webs

Afstan: Pakistan vs. India

Update thought: There is of course an awful lot to be paranoid about in the area, given the history and recent events.

Upperdate: More on the game at the Baluchistan pitch:

Is Baluchistan more strategically significant than Afghanistan?