TY - BOOK AU - LYNCH Thomas F TI - The decades-long double-double game: Pakistan, the United States and the Taliban PY - 2018/// KW - PAKISTAN KW - SECURITY KW - UNITED STATES KW - AFGHANISTAN N2 - This article highlights the essential US security objective in Afghanistan and South Asia since 11 September 2001. It will sketch Pakistani's main security imperatives and how its complex relationship with Islamist militant groups remains deeply imbedded in its security strategy ER -