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Pakistan and Afghanistan have no choice but to fight terror together.

Pakistan’s National Action Plan continues to cry for real implementation. Both civilian and military institutions lag far behind in refocusing on the soft power of the state to neutralize forces of obscurantism and defeat terrorists masquerading as proponents of the trans-border ideologies.

The ideological synergy among the Afghan Taliban and Pakistani terrorists in eastern Afghanistan represents a formidable threat, and demands extraordinary action by both Afghanistan and Pakistan to confront it.