This week, 35 members of a group known as Pakistan’s Taliban overwhelmed Pakistani counterterrorism personnel at a detention center in the country. Security forces regained control Tuesday, but not before a hostage, two security personnel and at least 25 members of the group were killed, according to a Pakistan military spokesperson. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif tweeted: “Resurgence in terrorism poses a renewed threat to our national security.” Host Marco Werman spoke with Vinay Kaura, a non-resident scholar at the Middle East Institute and an expert on Afghanistan-Pakistan relations.
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