This article engages with the Pakistani government's tendency to negotiate peace settlements with Taliban militants as a primary element of their counterinsurgency (COIN) policy. These peace settlements have consistently broken down, exacerbating a causal spiral of violence, as elaborated by an analytical matrix by the author. This COIN strategy has been seen by many, particularly in the United States, as a beacon for militants to regroup, with a consequent renewal of insurgency and terror attacks. This article attempts to contextualize the peace processes reached by negotiations of the Pakistani government with the militants, with projections for a successful COIN policy being articulated at the empirical level.
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