{"id":24039,"date":"2026-08-20T06:05:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T06:05:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=24039"},"modified":"2026-08-20T06:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T06:05:06","slug":"icss-calls-for-pakistan-to-reconsider-its-policy-toward-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/08\/20\/icss-calls-for-pakistan-to-reconsider-its-policy-toward-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"ICSS calls for Pakistan to reconsider its policy toward Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Abdullah Khan, head of Pakistan\u2019s Institute of Conflict and Security Studies (ICSS), has called for a national debate on Islamabad\u2019s current policy toward Afghanistan, warning that Pakistan\u2019s hardline approach could be pushing the Afghan public further away from Pakistan rather than weakening the Islamic Emirate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Khan criticized Pakistan\u2019s policy of returning Afghan nationals, particularly women who are studying or working in Pakistan. He said that if Islamabad\u2019s concerns are with the Islamic Emirate, it should avoid measures that could turn the Afghan population against Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stressed that Pakistan\u2019s Afghanistan policy should be based on the country\u2019s national interests, security and the protection of the lives of Pakistani security personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Khan, Pakistan\u2019s current hardline approach could ultimately prove detrimental to its own interests and security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Abdullah Khan, head of Pakistan\u2019s Institute of Conflict and Security Studies (ICSS), has called for a national debate on Islamabad\u2019s current policy toward Afghanistan, warning that Pakistan\u2019s hardline approach could be pushing the Afghan public further away from Pakistan rather than weakening the Islamic Emirate. Khan criticized Pakistan\u2019s policy of returning Afghan nationals, particularly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":24040,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[85],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24039"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24039"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24041,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24039\/revisions\/24041"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24039"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24039"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}