Taliban Exert Influence In PakistanROBERT SIEGEL
The U.S. military said in a secret report that the Taliban, backed by Pakistan, are set to retake control of Afghanistan after NATO-led forces withdraw, raising the prospect of a major failure of Western policy after a costly war.
The Pakistan Taliban, who are behind much of the violence in Pakistan, consist of many different factions who all have loyalties to various commanders. One intelligence official based in the tribal areas told Usman that they are not in contact with the Pakistani Taliban's chief Hakimullah Mehsud...
He remains skeptical the US strategy in Afghanistan will work as he sees no sign that Trump is willing to take what could be a game-changing move: to target the top Taliban leaders in their Pakistan sanctuaries. “Much like Bush and Obama, the Trump administration has other areas of the w...
The freedoms Afghans have gained since 2001 are in jeopardy as extremists complete their takeover of the nation, spurred by U.S. exit.
In recent weeks, dozens of Afghan clerics had appealed to Haq to use his influence with Afghanistan’s Taliban to plot a path to peace that would end the 17-year-long war there. Pakistan’s President Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan condemned Haq’s killing. ...
Kush, and the storiedKhyber Pass, which leads to theIndian subcontinent, on the Pakistan border southeast of Kabul. TheBadakhshānarea in the northeastern part of the central highlands is the location of the epicentres for many of the 50 or so earthquakes that occur in the country each year....
This paper explores the affective dimensions of the Taliban’s violence in the Swat Valley of Pakistan, with a particular focus on the affective atmosphere of women’s markets there. This paper explores: How is the affective atmosphere of women’s markets in Swat embedded in the structure of ...
People gather to cross into Afghanistan, during a temporary closure of the Friendship Gate crossing point at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border town of Chaman, Pakistan September 2, 2021. Reuters/Saeed Ali Achakzai A new flag flies over the city of Kabul and crowds gathered to cheer...
He was named as theTaliban’s leader in 2016after the group’s previous leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour was killed in aUS airstrike in Pakistan. At the time, Thomas Ruttig of the Afghanistan Analysts’ Networksaidthe new Taliban leader might be able to “integrate the younger and ...