Turkey’s Mediation Offer Masks Deeper Failures as Pakistan-Afghan Border Conflict Escalates

While the world watches another foreign conflict unfold thousands of miles from our borders, the escalating clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan on their volatile frontier underscore a dangerous failure of leadership—both local and global—that directly impacts America's strategic interests.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan recently stepped forward with an offer to mediate a ceasefire between these two neighbors locked in deadly border confrontations. On the surface, this appears constructive. Yet beneath it lies a troubling reminder: key players like Washington are conspicuously absent from resolving tensions that fuel instability in a critical region linked to ongoing threats against the United States.How...