Chogy
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That is not the 'entire problem in a nutshell'. Primarily, cross-border sanctuaries in North Waziristan are an issue along the Eastern Afghan border and the Afghan provinces in proximity to NW, not all of Afghanistan.
It is absurd to argue that NW is able to provide sanctuary to insurgents across Afghanistan, given that the Taliban are not capable of 'teleportation'. Those insurgents hide, live and carry out attacks from among the local Afghan communities, not out of NW.
Some do, without a doubt. But why are the vast majority of Hellfire missiles falling in Pakistan?
Because we want to irritate you? Ridiculous.
If there were target-rich enclaves within Afghanistan, those would take priority for drone strikes. It is less costly politically to do that.
The missiles are falling on Pakistani soil because that's where a large number of the bad guys do their thing. I have expressed admiration here and on other forums for Pakistani efforts in combatting these thugs. But to turn a blind eye to the problem, to politicize it, does nothing of benefit except to those we want to defeat.