Peshawar is a haven for Afghan artists who fled from the Taliban, which has banned music. A new policy of deportations by ...
Once viewed in New Delhi as Pakistan-backed proxies, the Taliban are now being engaged as part of India's evolving regional ...
Interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani has weirdly become the unlikely champion of what passes for ‘reform,’ if such a word can ...
The border issues that Pakistan has been facing with the Afghan Taliban and the prolonged battle with the Tehreek-e-Taliban ...
Pakistan was one of the first and most vocal supporters of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan after the Taliban retook Kabul ...
According to the American journal, due to the Taliban's failure to fulfill their promises, Pakistan adopted a strategy of ...
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said there is solid evidence of a link between the Afghan Taliban and the Tehreek-e-Taliban ...
As Afghanistan enters 2026, deep fractures inside the Taliban leadership threaten the regime's grip on power in part due to ...
Senior Pakistani clerics denounced the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and Afghan Taliban, highlighting that terrorism is ...
Former US envoy to Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, proposed through a tweet that Pakistan should sign a bilateral pact like ...
Pakistan and UK special envoys meet to address cross-border terrorism and regional security, stressing cooperation to enhance stability in Afghanistan and neighboring areas.
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Taliban fissures

Differences among the Taliban are natural; the movement has various power centres. While Mullah Akhundzada may reign supreme, Siraj Haqqani has considerable power, being the scion of veteran ...