Why Pakistan is crucial in fight against TalibanGohel, Sajjan
Jhang Siyal is a longstanding center of Sunni radicalism predating the rise of the Taliban. Pakistan’s preeminent Sufi center is Uch near Multan, also in southern Punjab. One of the four major mystical Sufi brotherhoods that helped convert what are now Pakistanis to Islam wa...
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Why Pakistan May Be More Willing to Help US Target Taliban Than It AppearsA briefing on what the US wants from Pakistan - and why Pakistanmight be more willing than it...By HuangCarolAfghan Militants
Pakistan placed a number of al-Qaeda members and other terrorist groups including Taliban in Paktika, Zabul, Kandahar and Helmand provinces of Afghanistan. A number of these al-Qaeda camps were attacked by joint Afghan and foreign troops operations. There is new documentary evidence that those bas...
"Instead you're always shouting we're terrorists…come and see the Taliban government and compare us to the previous one…analyse their security and look at ours." Image:Afghans wait at the border to cross into Pakistan Like several of the commanders we spoke to, he...
The Taliban’s resurgence has created an acute humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan alongside terriblehuman rights abuses. Amid the chaos, the prime minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, has accused the US ofleaving behinda “mess”. And yet, while many may criticise US President Joe Biden for pullin...
“At the end of the day the Taliban have the power,” said one resident. “It is not really possible to go against their will.” See images from his report What exactly is the US trying to accomplish in Afghanistan? The stated goal of the US involvement is not to liberate women repres...
On November 16, 2001, the people of Tarin Kowt rose up against the Taliban and chased them out. A day later Karzai headed into the town in a 20-vehicle convoy and set up shop in the governor’s mansion. Arriving around midnight, Karzai met with local Pashtun tribal leaders, who welc...