Looks like the goal is to bog down Pakistan military in conflict with India while using taliban to embarrass Pakistan by taliban taking over their territory. I doubt pakis will use nukes against Taliban.
I have a feeling taliban maybe our trump card to humiliate pakis and make them do nanga Nanch.
Once a conflict with India begins, the bulk of Pakistan’s military will be forced to deploy along the eastern front, focusing on conventional war scenarios with India. That’s when the real pressure point opens: the western border.
With Pakistani forces pinned down, Taliban factions—especially those disillusioned with the ISI or harboring ambitions beyond Afghanistan—can be given the space and silent encouragement to push into Pakistan’s tribal belt and even aim for symbolic cities like Peshawar or Quetta.
The beauty of this strategy lies in plausible deniability and asymmetry. Pakistan’s conventional military and nuclear doctrine is geared for state actors like India, not irregular, ideological fighters like the Taliban. They can’t justify using nukes on their own soil against a group they’ve historically supported. Even a temporary occupation of a major city or an army base by the Taliban would be a national humiliation—the image of the same "strategic assets" turning on their creators would devastate Pakistan's narrative and expose its fragility to the world.
This isn’t about a full takeover—just a symbolic fall, followed by a chaotic withdrawal. The psychological, diplomatic, and strategic impact would be massive. It would show that Pakistan can neither control its proxies nor protect its own house when war breaks out.
In essence: India pins them down. Taliban kicks in the back door. The world watches Pakistan fall apart in real-time.