Taliban ideology seeps into Pak tribal belt
Editor Besides security, the compelling threat from the Afghan Taliban-supported TTP’s extended reach into Pakistan’s Pakhtun tribal belt is…
Read MoreRoots of the Taliban
Well known security analyst, Amir Rana, writes in Dawn that the crucial role of Pakistani madressahs in nurturing…
Read MoreA View from Russia: The “Proxy” Dilemma and the Taliban
Georgi Asatryan, associate professor, Lomonosov Moscow State University and Plekhanov Russian University of Economics. Pakistan-Taliban relations are deteriorating…
Read MoreWho Is Taliban Supreme Leader Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada?
Arwin Rahi profiles recluse Taliban leader in The Friday Times The current Taliban leader Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada, who…
Read MoreHow To Understand The Taliban
ARWIN RAHI writes in The Friday Times The Afghan Taliban are a deeply hierarchical organization, and with power…
Read MoreAfghanistan-based militants mount cross-border attack: Two paramilitary troops wounded in the attack in Kurram Agency.
Researcher There is no let-up in attacks on Pakistani security forces from Taliban militants based in neighbouring Afghanistan. On…
Read MoreChina steps in to break stalemate over TTP issue
admin Kamran Yousaf China is trying to broker a ‘workable solution’ between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban to address…
Read More‘Taliban consulted Gen Bajwa before reaching out to India’
WASHINGTON: Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi had a detailed meeting with Pakistan’s former army chief Gen Qamar…
Read MorePakistan Pashtuns Have Doubts About New Military Offensive Against Islamist Radicals
WASHINGTON —Pakistan is bracing for a new military offensive that is expected to target militants in the northwest…
Read MoreTaliban aim to boost anti-aircraft capacity to counter ‘Pakistan threat’
KABUL:Defence has received the largest share of funds in Afghanistan’s budget as the Taliban government aims to boost…
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