Jonathan Schroden writes: While other topics monopolize headlines and are likely to consume much of the incoming administration’s energy, Afghanistan remains a significant foreign policy challenge, financial burden, and strategic conundrum for the United States and its allies. Neglecting to get ahead of it will simply increase the magnitude of the crisis that will inevitably face the new Trump administration. – War on the Rocks Sadanand Dhume writes: For its part, Washington should understand that cooperation with India will be a nonstarter if the U.S. gives Pakistan a free pass on terrorism. Without stepped-up pressure on the country that many Indians consider the fount of global jihad, the Modi government cannot be persuaded to take up a larger international role. – Wall Street Journal (subscription required) With their nation’s future at stake, Afghan leaders have renewed a plea to one power that may hold the key to whether their country can cling to democracy or succumbs to the Taliban. But that power is not the United States. It is Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia is critical because of its unique position in the Afghan conflict: It is on both sides. – New York Times
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