Pakistani Taliban Attacks Expose Dangerous Border Blind Spot for America’s Security Interests

In the volatile northwest borderlands of Pakistan, a brutal roadside bomb claimed the lives of a city police chief and two officers as they responded to an earlier attack on a police station. This assault, nestled in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near Afghanistan’s porous border, signals not only a failure by regional players to curb terrorism but also presents clear implications for American national security interests. Why Does This Violence Matter to America? The bombing in Hangu is more than a tragic local event — it is a symptom of the broader menace posed by militant groups like the Pakistani Taliban....