The Taliban’s decision to describe the Wakhan Corridor’s southeastern border as Jammu & Kashmir instead of Gilgit-Baltistan is a clever psychological provocation against Pakistan, albeit one which remains below the threshold of unacceptability and thus couldn’t legitimately justify a kinetic response.

The Taliban’s Ministry of Border and Tribal Affairs posted on X over the weekend that it’s studying the Wakhan Corridor, which is described as bordering both Jammu & ...