Pakistan's moves to further isolate Afghanistan are backfiring

Estrangement is driving the Taliban to work with Iran and India at Chabahar port

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20240513 A cargo vessel is seen at Chabahar

Afghan cargo is loaded at Chabahar for shipment to India in 2019: Budding multilateral cooperation centers on the Iranian deep-water port. © Getty Images

Vali Kaleji is a senior research fellow with the Institute for Iran-Eurasia Studies in Tehran.

Growing strains between Afghanistan and Pakistan due to militant attacks that Islamabad blames on cross-border insurgents are reshaping relations between them as well as their ties with other neighbors.

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