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Pakistan‟s recent assumption of the role as a key facilitator of the Afghan reconciliation process signals a pragmatic shift in its regional security approach. Occurring essentially in response to NATO‟s military exit from Afghanistan, this shift entails a major compromise on its previous India-centric „strategic depth‟ policy of dominating Afghanistan through Pashtun-Taliban proxies. It is a part of its broader “regional pivot” towards enhanced cooperation with regional states to secure long-term geo-economic gains such as increasing the level of trade with India, gaining access to Central Asian energy sources, and making Pakistan a corridor of trade and energy from Central to South Asia. Consequently, the country has reached out to traditionally hostile non-Pashtun Afghan leaders of the erstwhile Northern Alliance, proactively pursued peace process with India; and diversified regional and international relations — as manifested in rapid progress in its relations with Russia and Central Asian states, expanding strategic partnership with China and energy-centric amity with Iran. As the end-2014 deadline of the withdrawal of NATO troops from Afghanistan looms, it is important to recognize the evolving transformation in Pakistan‟s Afghan and regional approaches, especially its potential for Afghan peace and regional stability

Dr. Ishtiaq Ahmad. (2013) Pakistan’s ‘Regional Pivot’ and the Endgame in Afghanistan, IPRI Journal, Volume-13, Issue-2.
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