If Washington can leverage the newfound momentum in its ties with Islamabad to prevent destabilizing behavior, it can play a productive role.
Less than 24 hours after a deadly explosion claimed at least 13 lives in Delhi on November 10, Islamabad was rocked by a suicide bombing, which killed 12 people and injured many others. While there is no evidence as of now to suggest that the explosions were linked, these events could reignite the cycle of suspicion and blame, which is characteristic of the fragile status quo between India and Pakistan.
Initially, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed responsibility for the Islamabad attack but subsequently denied any involvement. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was quick to denounce the attack as an example of “Indian state terrorism” in the region, which India’s Ministry of External Affairs dismissed as “baseless and unfounded.” Meanwhile, the Indian government has declared the Delhi attack as a “terror incident” carried out b
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