Talks with the Taliban amid Strained US-Pakistan Relations

A bill pushing for the removal of Pakistan from the list of America’s major non-NATO allies has been introduced in the US Congress. According to the conditions of Resolution H.R. 73, now if a US president decides to put Pakistan back on the list the president will have to certify to the Congress that Pakistan is conducting sufficient military operations against safe havens and the freedom of the movement of the Haqqani Network in the country. The president would additionally have to certify that Pakistan has made substantial progress and has indeed stepped up in its efforts to arrest and prosecute senior leaders and even mid-level operatives of the Haqqani Network. Another certification would be required from Congress establishing that Pakistan has taken steps to show commitment to preventing the Haqqani Network from using Pakistani territory as a safe haven. It would have to show Pakistan as having been cooperative with Afghanistan in working to restrict the movement of militants along the Afghan-Pakistan border.

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