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Turkey, Pakistan: Inside the Ankara-Islamabad axis
BEHIND THE LINES: Turkey and Pakistan’s growing closeness has deep foundations. These are two countries following a similar trajectory.
A joint military exercise involving Turkish and Pakistani Special Forces commenced this week in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, which borders Afghanistan.
- Jonathan Spyer
- JPost
The exercise, dubbed “Ataturk XI-2021,” is to focus on counter-terrorist operations.
It is the latest manifestation of an emergent strategic alliance of these two countries, with significant implications – both for the Middle East, and for south Asia.
Turkey and Pakistan’s…