Pakistan Refuses to Learn from the Past, Nurturing Daesh to Counter Afghan Taliban - News18
11 months, 4 weeks ago

Pakistan Refuses to Learn from the Past, Nurturing Daesh to Counter Afghan Taliban - News18

News 18  

Ehsanullah Ehsan, a former spokesman of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, has accused the Pakistani Army and, in particular, its Inter-Services Intelligence of providing special hospitality to scores of high-profile leaders of the Islamic State of Khorasan extremist group, also called Daesh. The success of the Afghan campaign brought first dividends to Pakistan and is the reason being considered as the inception of Islamabad’s strategic alliance with non-state actors to achieve regional goals. With Afghan Taliban back in power in Afghanistan, Pakistan appears to have successfully courted the Islamic State Khorasan leadership as a counterweight to Kabul to exert pressure as and when required. With the return of the Afghan Taliban to power in Afghanistan, it seems Islamabad has strategically and successfully courted the leadership of the Islamic State Khorasan, possibly to exert pressure on Kabul when deemed necessary like the current standoff between the Pakistani government and Afghan Taliban. This narrative aligns with the speculation that Pakistan might be nurturing ISKP leaders as a strategic counterbalance to the Afghan Taliban, potentially leveraging them as a means to coerce Kabul into adhering to Islamabad’s directives while curbing the influence of groups like TTP.

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Pakistan Security Forces Kill 6 Militants in Two Shootouts Near Afghan Border
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Pakistan Security Forces Kill 6 Militants in Two Shootouts Near Afghan Border

Associated Press  

Pakistani security forces have killed six militants in two shootouts near the Afghan border. A militant commander was killed in the first raid, and five other insurgents were killed in the second raid. Pakistan has witnessed a surge in violence, mostly blamed on the Pakistani Taliban, who are known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP.

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers score diplomatic wins, consolidate power
4 months, 1 week ago

Afghanistan's Taliban rulers score diplomatic wins, consolidate power

The Hindu  

Three years into its rule of Afghanistan, the Taliban government has achieved some diplomatic wins even as it has consolidated power and enforced its strict version of Islamic law. Chief Taliban government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, who led the delegation, said the gathering was further proof that: "Afghanistan has come out of isolation". "We are in favour of positive meetings with …

As Pakistan launches its latest counter-terror operation, Islamabad cannot have double standards while dealing with extremism
5 months, 3 weeks ago

As Pakistan launches its latest counter-terror operation, Islamabad cannot have double standards while dealing with extremism

Firstpost  

Pakistan cannot continue to nurture those terror groups that operate in its east while targeting those operational in its west Despite earlier operations, the menace of terrorism has persisted, presenting a challenge to Pakistan’s security. As per the annual security report of the Centre for Research and Security Studies, Pakistan “witnessed 1,524 violence-related fatalities and 1,463 injuries from 789 terror …

‘No dialogue’: Pakistan says open to attacks on Afghan-based armed groups
5 months, 3 weeks ago

‘No dialogue’: Pakistan says open to attacks on Afghan-based armed groups

Al Jazeera  

The comments come amid heightened tensions between the neighbours and a new Pakistani military offensive. Islamabad, Pakistan — Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has warned that the country would not hesitate to launch attacks on the territory of Afghanistan, its neighbour, amid rising tensions between the two over security concerns. Pakistan has repeatedly accused armed groups of launching attacks from …

Pakistan and Iran vow to enhance efforts at a 'united front' against Afghanistan-based militants
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Pakistan and Iran vow to enhance efforts at a 'united front' against Afghanistan-based militants

Hindustan Times  

ISLAMABAD — Neighbors Pakistan and Iran on Wednesday pledged to enhance efforts at a “united front” against Afghanistan-based militants, saying their presence poses a serious threat to regional and global security. Pakistan and Iran vow to enhance efforts at a 'united front' against Afghanistan-based militants The countries, which share a long and porous border, made the commitment in a joint …

Moscow attack gunmen trained in Pakistan? Taliban flags ‘ISIS recruitment hubs’
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Moscow attack gunmen trained in Pakistan? Taliban flags ‘ISIS recruitment hubs’

Live Mint  

The Taliban has linked a recent ISIS-claimed attack to ‘terror hubs’ in Pakistan. More than 130 people were killed on Friday night as terrorists opened fire inside a Moscow concert hall — the deadliest attack faced by Russia in years. Furthermore it has been disclosed that the leader of the Khorasan branch ---Shihab Al-Muhajir ---and his close associates are residing …

India, Iran & Afghanistan: How Pakistan’s ‘Bleed Neighbours With Terrorism’ Policy Has Backfired
9 months ago

India, Iran & Afghanistan: How Pakistan’s ‘Bleed Neighbours With Terrorism’ Policy Has Backfired

Hindustan Times  

India, Iran & Afghanistan: How Pakistan’s ‘Bleed Neighbours With Terrorism’ Policy Has Backfired Pakistan seems to be caught in a disaster of its own making, facing adversaries on three fronts. Months after cross-border tensions with Iran, now Pakistan & its neighbour Afghanistan conducted strikes on each other's territories. Former Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan, had praised the Taliban, hoping …

With more of the same in Pakistan, same outcome is certain
10 months, 2 weeks ago

With more of the same in Pakistan, same outcome is certain

New Indian Express  

Crucially, Kabul’s hostility towards Islamabad is irreducible, since no Afghan government has ever accepted the British-inflicted Durand Line as the permanent border with Pakistan. The present Taliban regime – as with a succession of its predecessors – claims Pashtun dominated Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan as integral parts of Afghanistan, setting it on a course of relentless confrontation with Pakistan. The …

Kamal Davar | Amidst global churn India, US need a new road to Kabul
1 year ago

Kamal Davar | Amidst global churn India, US need a new road to Kabul

Deccan Chronicle  

A nation projects its diverse strategic interests by a plethora of measures in which carefully conceived diplomatic initiatives play a pre-eminent role. In dealing with its strategically significant neighbour, Afghanistan, otherwise dubbed as "the graveyard of empires", New Delhi’s outreach towards Kabul will require a fresh appraisal considering newer ground realities emerging in that fratricidal violence-driven nation. The ongoing policy …

Biting those hands that fed them: How TTP, ISKP are threatening Pakistan's national security
1 year, 1 month ago

Biting those hands that fed them: How TTP, ISKP are threatening Pakistan's national security

Firstpost  

Whether it is Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan, Islamic State-Khorasan, Al Qaeda, or the Taliban, they have all thrived in the jihadist ecosystem that the Pakistani Army has created and sustained Pakistan’s security forces have come under increasing militant attacks over the last few days. On 30 July, a suicide bomber killed at least 54 people and wounded nearly 200 others at a …

Vantage | Pakistan can't blame others for mess on its borders, terror within
1 year, 1 month ago

Vantage | Pakistan can't blame others for mess on its borders, terror within

Firstpost  

While Pakistan reaps the harvest of its past actions, the repercussions extend beyond its borders, urging regional players to remain vigilant in this evolving geopolitical landscape In a dramatic turn of events, Pakistan finds itself entangled in a complex web of geopolitical repercussions as it grapples with the aftermath of the Taliban’s resurgence in Afghanistan. Facilitation and fallout Two years …

Pakistan retracts backing Afghan Taliban after it fails to rein in TTP terror group
1 year, 1 month ago

Pakistan retracts backing Afghan Taliban after it fails to rein in TTP terror group

India Today  

In a major policy shift, Pakistan has decided not to support the Afghan Taliban’s case at the international level or extend any other assistance following Kabul's failure to neutralise the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan terror group, according to a media report on Thursday. The Express Tribune newspaper reported that the immediate implication of Pakistan’s apparent shift in its policy is that …

How Taliban, once propped up by Pakistan, has come back to haunt it
1 year, 1 month ago

How Taliban, once propped up by Pakistan, has come back to haunt it

Op India  

Pakistan is deporting nearly 2 million Afghan refugees, many of whom have been residing in the country for over 30 years. What’s chilling is the fact that Pakistan is sending Afghan refugees – who escaped the Taliban rule, back to Afghanistan when it has been involved in the creation of the radical Islamist group. After the Taliban’s return in August …

Pakistan’s internal challenges, shifting dynamics
1 year, 2 months ago

Pakistan’s internal challenges, shifting dynamics

The Hindu  

Former Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani’s persistent efforts to engage Pakistan to rectify its strategic errors in Afghan policy, faced unmet expectations. The TTP’s emboldenment fuelled this transformation through the Taliban’s victory in Afghanistan, while Pakistan grappled with an intensifying phase of radicalisation. The TTP, formerly aligned with the Afghan Taliban, is now engaged in ‘jihad’ inside Pakistan, signifying a multifaceted …

Taliban’s ties with Pakistan fraying amid mounting security concerns
1 year, 4 months ago

Taliban’s ties with Pakistan fraying amid mounting security concerns

Al Jazeera  

Two years since the Taliban took over Afghanistan, ties between the neighbours have deteriorated amid a rise in armed attacks. Islamabad, Pakistan – As the Afghan Taliban celebrated two years of their control over Afghanistan on August 15, their relationship with Pakistan, their longtime ally and neighbour, looks increasingly fraught. Pakistani army chief General Syed Asim Munir also condemned the …

‘Polluted Politicians Caving to Army, Hardliners’: Multiple Crises Cripple Pakistan at 76
1 year, 4 months ago

‘Polluted Politicians Caving to Army, Hardliners’: Multiple Crises Cripple Pakistan at 76

News 18  

Pakistan is celebrating its 76th independence day amid an economic crisis and political uncertainty. The nation recently secured a handout from the International Monetary Fund which allowed other ‘friendly’ nations to help Pakistan shore up its forex reserves and continue import of essential items. Pakistan’s top newspaper the Dawn reflected on the challenges the nation is facing and in an …

2 Years of Taliban Diplomacy
1 year, 4 months ago

2 Years of Taliban Diplomacy

The Diplomat  

August 15 marked two years of Taliban rule in Afghanistan, a milestone the Islamic Emirate celebrated by emphasizing that its rule is “open-ended” and faces no challengers. Traders come and go and transfer goods.” Despite lacking de jure recognition, the Taliban government’s engagements with regional players have soared in the past two years. As the Taliban navigate ties with regional …

Over the borderline: on Pakistan and its security situation with Afghanistan
1 year, 4 months ago

Over the borderline: on Pakistan and its security situation with Afghanistan

The Hindu  

The terror attack in Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa region, which has claimed 54 lives and left over 200 injured, is a grave reminder of the worsening security situation in the country’s border region with Afghanistan. The Pakistan Taliban have distanced themselves from the attack, which targeted a political rally by the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl, a hardline party led by Maulana Fazlur Rehman, a …

Pakistan Gets a Taste of Its Own Medicine from Taliban - News18
1 year, 5 months ago

Pakistan Gets a Taste of Its Own Medicine from Taliban - News18

News 18  

Terrorist attacks inside Pakistan have been steady since the Taliban re-established their rule in Afghanistan. There are also some indications that sections of Baloch freedom fighters have made tactical alliances with the Pakistani Taliban to take on the Pakistan Army. The Taliban have surely learnt well at the feet of their trainers from the Pakistan Army and the ISI, and …

Pakistan Taliban Issues New ‘Terror Hit-List’ Featuring Names of Maryam Nawaz, Rana Sanaullah
1 year, 7 months ago

Pakistan Taliban Issues New ‘Terror Hit-List’ Featuring Names of Maryam Nawaz, Rana Sanaullah

News 18  

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and it’s faction Jamaat-ul-Ahraar are planning to launch attacks on leaders of the armed forces, intelligence agencies and politicians. According to people familiar with the developments, top politicians like Pakistan interior minister Rana Sanaullah and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief organiser Maryam Nawaz are in their crosshairs as their names have been put on a hitlist. The people …

‘Brotherly Neighbours’ China, Afghanistan Pin Pakistan Down on CPEC, Border Issues
1 year, 7 months ago

‘Brotherly Neighbours’ China, Afghanistan Pin Pakistan Down on CPEC, Border Issues

News 18  

Pakistan faced criticism from both Taliban-led Afghanistan and China during the recently concluded China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers’ Dialogue held in Islamabad. Chinese foreign minister Qin Gang and Taliban-led government appointed acting foreign minister of Afghanistan Amir Khan Muttaqi met with Pakistan foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari. General Munir reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to the China-Pakistan strategic relationship and also pledged full support …

Failed to 'liberate' even an inch of Kashmir from India: Taliban taunts Pakistan Army
1 year, 8 months ago

Failed to 'liberate' even an inch of Kashmir from India: Taliban taunts Pakistan Army

Firstpost  

Peshawar: Mocking the Pakistan Army’s inability to ‘liberate’ Kashmir, the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan has dismissed allegations by the Pakistani military that it is being backed by India. In a statement by its propaganda wing TTP Umar Media, the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan – also known as the Pakistan Taliban – has rejected the Pakistan Army’s claim that it is a proxy of India’s …

The Twin Factors Behind Pakistan’s Growing TTP Problem
1 year, 9 months ago

The Twin Factors Behind Pakistan’s Growing TTP Problem

The Diplomat  

In late January, a deadly suicide bombing killed over 100 individuals and injured around 225 at a mosque in Police Lines, Peshawar. Initial investigations suggest that the mosque bombing was orchestrated by a local splinter group of the TTP to avenge the August 2022 death of Omar Khalid Khorasani – the mastermind behind the APS attack. The Afghan Taliban But …

Foreign minister says Pakistan in ‘perfect storm’ of crises’
1 year, 9 months ago

Foreign minister says Pakistan in ‘perfect storm’ of crises’

The Hindu  

Pakistan’s foreign minister said Thursday his country is facing “a perfect storm” of troubles — an economic crisis, the consequences of catastrophic flooding, and terrorism “that is once again rearing its ugly head” as a result of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. Mr. Zardari said his party supports expanding revenue collection and believes those who are well off should pay …

Kamal Davar | ‘Khalistan’ push to target India: Pak reviving Zia’s strategy of 1980s?
1 year, 9 months ago

Kamal Davar | ‘Khalistan’ push to target India: Pak reviving Zia’s strategy of 1980s?

Deccan Chronicle  

Religion, otherwise the repertoire of time-honoured human values, can also denigrate in diverse manifestations as the opium is not only of the masses but of nation states pursuing nefarious agendas. That nearly four decades back, Pakistan’s then dictator-President Gen. Zia-ul Haq had enunciated his sinister “K2” strategy of “bleeding India by a thousand cuts”, employing a perverse interpretation of religion …

Afghan Taliban promises to help Pakistan address growing threat posed by TTP militants: FO
1 year, 10 months ago

Afghan Taliban promises to help Pakistan address growing threat posed by TTP militants: FO

India Today  

The Afghan Taliban leaders have promised to cooperate with Pakistan on its concerns about the presence of the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan militants and sanctuaries on their soil after Islamabad delivered a stark warning to them to rein in the outlawed outfit amid a rise in terror attacks across the country. Foreign Office spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said the TTP and IS-K …

‘Pakistan a Cancer State in the Name of Islam’: Islamic State-Khorasan’s Latest Attack
1 year, 10 months ago

‘Pakistan a Cancer State in the Name of Islam’: Islamic State-Khorasan’s Latest Attack

News 18  

Pakistan is a “cancer” for Islamic existence and is run at the behest of the United States, the Islamic State – Khorasan Province — an affiliate of the Islamic State militant group active in South Asia and Central Asia — has said in its magazine, warning that it will continue working against the country. In the 18th issue of ISKP’s …

Pakistan’s ‘Raktbeej’ Problem: The Country’s Never-Ending War with Islamist Terrorism
1 year, 10 months ago

Pakistan’s ‘Raktbeej’ Problem: The Country’s Never-Ending War with Islamist Terrorism

News 18  

The dreadful suicide bombing of the mosque in the heart of the highly protected Police Lines in Peshawar, in which more than 100 people were killed and scores of others injured, must count as one of the worst terror attacks in Pakistan’s long, complicated and quite convoluted history of dealing with Islamist terror groups. This was hardly surprising given that …

Mind your own Taliban, don't blame us: Afghan Taliban tells Pakistan
1 year, 10 months ago

Mind your own Taliban, don't blame us: Afghan Taliban tells Pakistan

Firstpost  

Kabul: Taliban rulers in Afghanistan have told Pakistan to find a solution to their own local security challenges and desist from “sowing the seeds of enmity” by blaming them for the recent suicide bombing in Peshawar. Speaking at an event in Kabul, Afghanistan’s Taliban-appointed foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi asked authorities in Pakistan to look for the reasons behind terror …

What’s behind the Pakistani Taliban’s insurgency?
1 year, 10 months ago

What’s behind the Pakistani Taliban’s insurgency?

Associated Press  

ISLAMABAD — When a suicide bomber struck a mosque inside a police compound in the northwestern city of Peshawar on Monday, suspicion immediately fell on the Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP. Angered by Pakistan’s cooperation with Washington in the war on terrorism, the TTP was officially set up by Pakistani militants in 2007 when different outlawed …

Pakistan’s security challenges necessitate a new approach
1 year, 10 months ago

Pakistan’s security challenges necessitate a new approach

Al Jazeera  

On January 30, a suicide bomber detonated an explosive device inside a packed mosque, killing at least 100 people and injuring more than 225 in the city of Peshawar, in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near the border with Afghanistan. The attack, one of the worst to hit Pakistan in recent years, occurred deep inside the Police Lines area, a high-security …

Deadly suicide bombing at Peshawar mosque: How the Taliban has returned to haunt Pakistan
1 year, 10 months ago

Deadly suicide bombing at Peshawar mosque: How the Taliban has returned to haunt Pakistan

Firstpost  

At least 34 people died and 150 were injured, mostly police officers, after a suicide bomber blew himself up on Monday during prayers at a mosque in Pakistan’s northwestern Peshawar city. Taliban has called Islamabad’s recent statements “provocative and baseless”, saying its government is “trying its best that the territory of Afghanistan is not used against Pakistan or any other …

Pakistan begs before Afghan Taliban, urges action against TTP bases in Afghanistan
1 year, 11 months ago

Pakistan begs before Afghan Taliban, urges action against TTP bases in Afghanistan

Firstpost  

In recent months, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has stepped up attacks against security forces across Pakistan. Islamabad: With the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan creating widespread havoc with almost daily attacks against the security forces, Pakistan has been begging the Afghan Taliban to prevent the banned group from using Afghanistan as their safe haven. In the last three months alone, the TTP, which wants …

Pakistan’s Taliban challenge: With over 100 attacks in two months, Islamabad faces grim security situation
1 year, 11 months ago

Pakistan’s Taliban challenge: With over 100 attacks in two months, Islamabad faces grim security situation

Firstpost  

Apart from its serious political and economic challenges, Pakistan is faced with a grim security situation. For the last two decades, conventional wisdom in Pakistan held that an Afghanistan ruled by the Taliban would bolster Pakistan’s security for at least three reasons: Such a government would ensure that India did not get any space in Afghanistan. The Taliban would recognise …

Pakistani FM Zardari slams previous government’s TTP policy
1 year, 11 months ago

Pakistani FM Zardari slams previous government’s TTP policy

Al Jazeera  

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari says his government has reversed the previous government’s ‘wrong approach’ towards the Pakistan Taliban. Pakistani foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has accused the previous government of Prime Minister Imran Khan of following a “wrong approach” towards the armed group Pakistan Taliban. Pakistan Taliban threat Earlier in January, Pakistan Taliban warned the country’s main ruling parties of “concrete …

Why Tension Between Pakistan And Afghanistan Over TTP Could Be 'Dangerous' For India
1 year, 11 months ago

Why Tension Between Pakistan And Afghanistan Over TTP Could Be 'Dangerous' For India

ABP News  

New Delhi: India believes that the growing tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan over Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, or Pakistani Taliban, coupled with a near-collapsed economy of both countries, will prove to be “dangerous” for New Delhi, reactivating the “hotbeds of terrorism” in the region, top-level officials told ABP Live. As New Delhi is watching patiently the unravelling of deep-rooted tensions between Islamabad …

Pakistan Taliban threatens top political leadership including PM
1 year, 11 months ago

Pakistan Taliban threatens top political leadership including PM

Al Jazeera  

Islamabad, Pakistan – Armed group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has warned the country’s main ruling parties of “concrete action” against their top leadership in the government for “declaring war” against it. “For a long time, TTP has not taken any action against political parties,” TTP spokesman Muhammad Khorasani said in the statement shared with Al Jazeera on WhatsApp. The TTP statement said …

Afghanistan used to launch attacks on Pakistan: Defence minister
1 year, 11 months ago

Afghanistan used to launch attacks on Pakistan: Defence minister

Al Jazeera  

Pakistan says no country will be allowed to shelter armed groups staging attacks against it as Kabul reject the charges. Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistan’s defence minister has alleged that Afghanistan’s soil is being used by armed groups to launch attacks on his country, prompting a sharp response from Taliban government in Kabul which called the allegation “incorrect” and “regrettable”. ‘Provocative …

Islamic State-Khorasan’s Transition Into a Transregional Threat
2 years ago

Islamic State-Khorasan’s Transition Into a Transregional Threat

The Diplomat  

The rise of the Taliban to power did not bring peace to Afghanistan. Quite the reverse, different forms of political violence have either continued or emerged, including the Taliban regime’s extrajudicial executions, the anti-Taliban armed resistance, and both indiscriminate and targeted violence by the Islamic State-Khorasan Province. Some of these are related to uninvestigated aspects of ISKP, including its organizational …

Pakistan summons Afghan diplomat over border shelling
2 years ago

Pakistan summons Afghan diplomat over border shelling

Al Jazeera  

Border tensions between the South Asian neighbours have risen since the Taliban returned to power last year. Pakistan has summoned an Afghan diplomat over “unprovoked” artillery fire at their border as tensions have ratcheted up between the South Asian neighbours in the past several weeks. “Afghan Chargé d’Affaires in Islamabad was called to the foreign ministry and Pakistan’s strong condemnation …

‘Can Facilitate for Peace’: Won’t Take Action Against TTP for Embassy Attack, Afghan Taliban Tell Pakistan
2 years ago

‘Can Facilitate for Peace’: Won’t Take Action Against TTP for Embassy Attack, Afghan Taliban Tell Pakistan

News 18  

Three days after the attack on Pakistan’s embassy in Kabul, Afghan Taliban said they will not give up their support to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and cannot even guarantee the safety of Pakistan’s embassy in Afghanistan’s capital, according to top military sources. The Afghan Taliban has assured Pakistan of full investigation into the Kabul embassy attack, but clarified TTP is an …

‘Assassination attempt’ on Pakistan envoy in Afghan capital
2 years ago

‘Assassination attempt’ on Pakistan envoy in Afghan capital

Al Jazeera  

Attacker failed to harm the Pakistani diplomat, but shot and wounded his security guard outside its mission in Kabul. An “assassination attempt” targeted Pakistan’s top diplomat in Afghanistan, Pakistan’s prime minister has said, as tensions between the neighbouring countries simmer. “I strongly condemn the dastardly assassination attempt on Pakistan Head of Mission, Kabul,” Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said on …

Pakistan FM travels to Kabul, meets Taliban amid border tensions
2 years ago

Pakistan FM travels to Kabul, meets Taliban amid border tensions

Al Jazeera  

Hina Rabbani Khar holds talks with her Afghan counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi a day after Pakistan Taliban ended its truce with Islamabad. Hina Rabbani Khar, Pakistan’s minister of state for foreign affairs, has met Afghanistan’s acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in the capital Kabul amid tension over cross-border violence. Kabul and Islamabad were engaged in a war of words …

Top Pakistan diplomat urges flood aid, patience with Taliban
2 years, 2 months ago

Top Pakistan diplomat urges flood aid, patience with Taliban

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Pakistan’s foreign minister says the international community should work with Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban, not against them, when it comes to combatting foreign extremist groups and the economic and humanitarian crises in that country — even as many U.S. officials say the Taliban have proved themselves unworthy of such cooperation. “We expect the United States to be one of …

Op-Ed: What does Afghanistan look like after one year of Taliban rule?
2 years, 4 months ago

Op-Ed: What does Afghanistan look like after one year of Taliban rule?

LA Times  

One year after the United States withdrew from Afghanistan, the country is an even more dangerous place. With the Taliban back in power since mid-August of last year, and its Al Qaeda allies getting a new lease on life, the situation in Afghanistan will get worse before it gets better. As Afghanistan becomes more of a permissive environment for terrorist …

‘Cops Taken Hostage, Target Killings, Extortion’: Taliban is Back in Pak's Swat Valley
2 years, 4 months ago

‘Cops Taken Hostage, Target Killings, Extortion’: Taliban is Back in Pak's Swat Valley

News 18  

At least 400-500 militants are back in Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in restive northwest Pakistan, following an understanding during the ongoing talks between the government and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan in Kabul, top sources told CNN-News18. The Taliban handed over the hostages, including a Deputy Superintendent of Police of Matta, to the local jirga members after talks in the …

Pakistan: Surge in terrorist attacks in North Waziristan, other border areas
2 years, 7 months ago

Pakistan: Surge in terrorist attacks in North Waziristan, other border areas

Firstpost  

It was presumed that after the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, such militant attacks will be stopped. However, it did not happen North Waziristan: Terrorist activities are on the surge in Pakistan border areas, especially in the North Waziristan district, according to the country’s vernacular media. Further, terrorist organizations like the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan and the Islamic State of Iraq and …

With Taliban Not Doing Pakistan’s Bidding, Islamabad’s Grand Strategic Plan is Falling Apart
2 years, 7 months ago

With Taliban Not Doing Pakistan’s Bidding, Islamabad’s Grand Strategic Plan is Falling Apart

News 18  

The best laid plans of men and mice often go awry. But more than anything else, the greatest worry for Pakistan is the fact that the Taliban regime in Afghanistan has taken virtually no action against the groups targeting Pakistan. Just like Pakistan provided strategic depth to the Taliban when the latter was fighting the US-led international coalition, today the …

Militants in Afghanistan strike Pakistan army post, kill three
2 years, 8 months ago

Militants in Afghanistan strike Pakistan army post, kill three

The Hindu  

Militants in Afghanistan fired heavy weapons across the border into a Pakistani military outpost overnight, killing three personnel, the army said on April 23, in the latest violence to rattle the volatile region. The striking increase in attacks in Afghanistan — as well as in neighbouring Pakistan — highlights the growing security challenge facing Afghanistan's Taliban rulers, who swept to …

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