“Both sides might have had enough; at least for the present.”

Hudna is a tactic or strategy depending on your timeline.

I read here (actually the other place or is that Internet-relevant?) that part of the strategic choice of Iraq with Afghanistan was to surround the mullahs. I believe we have operating bases in Turkmenistan and in Uzbekistan. Hmmm.

I also find it curious that for all of the upset and grief we have in the Pak NW frontier that the Afghan NW frontier is never heard from. Maybe they dont want to poke the cat.

A winnable hand indeed.