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India-Taliban Realpolitik Likely to Rattle Islamabad

4th June, 2022 · admin

Michael Hughes: Islamabad had waited patiently for more than two decades for the Taliban to recapture Kabul and ensure Afghanistan would serve as “strategic depth” if Pakistan needed territory and resources in a war against India. The Pakistanis assumed the Taliban regime would take a hostile posture toward New Delhi, especially given India’s past support

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Posted in Haqqani Network, India-Afghanistan Relations, Opinion/Editorial, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban |
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‘Unprecedented Differences’: Rifts Within The Taliban Come Out In The Open

2nd June, 2022 · admin

By Abubakar Siddique Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 2, 2022 During its nearly 20-year insurgency, the Taliban remained a largely coherent fighting force despite succession crises, competition from Islamic State-Khorasan, and a deadly war against foreign and Afghan forces. But as the Taliban has attempted to transform from a guerrilla force into a functional government after

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Posted in Haqqani Network, Taliban | Tags: Pashtun Taliban, Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanakzai, Taliban Factions - Haqqanis versus Kandaharis, Taliban government failure |
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Pakistan, Militants Pause Afghan-Hosted Peace Talks for Internal Discourse Amid Cautious Optimism

30th May, 2022 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News May 30, 2022 ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s direct peace talks with an outlawed alliance of insurgent groups, being mediated and hosted by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers, have reportedly made progress, with both sides agreeing to pause the process for internal deliberations and return to the negotiating table by mid-June. The several days of discussions

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Posted in Haqqani Network, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Peace Talks, Taliban | Tags: Sirajuddin Haqqani, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan |
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How the Pakistan’s Support for the Taliban Backfired

23rd May, 2022 · admin

Foreign Affairs: For the last two decades, conventional wisdom in Pakistan held that an Afghanistan ruled by the Taliban would be a boon to Pakistan’s security. Islamabad has long supported the Taliban with the understanding that the militants could help deny India­—which many Pakistani officials see as an existential threat—any influence in Afghanistan. But since

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Posted in Haqqani Network, Opinion/Editorial, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Political News, Security, Taliban | Tags: Pakistan takeover of Afghanistan via Taliban, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan |
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Despite Taliban Disunity, Rebels Face Uphill Battle Without External Aid – Experts

21st May, 2022 · admin

Michael Hughes AOPNEWS May 21, 2022 Although intense infighting has complicated Taliban efforts to quash the resistance in northern Afghanistan, the fragmented opposition will be hard-pressed to expand nationwide without more external assistance, especially as Pakistan steps up support for the radical movement, experts told Afghan Online Press. The Taliban 2.0, in power now for

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Posted in AOP Reports, Haqqani Network, NRF - National Resistance Front, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Security, Taliban | Tags: Afghan resistance against Taliban, Ahmad Massoud, Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, Sirajuddin Haqqani, Taliban Factions - Haqqanis versus Kandaharis |
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The Caliph v The Emir al-Mu’minin: Which Islamic Model of Statehood Will the Taliban Adopt?

20th May, 2022 · admin

Fair Observer: Two rival theological notions of leadership within the Taliban pose equal threats to Afghanistan and to global peace.  The Kandahari-led Taliban are orthodox Hanafi Muslims with a tribal mentality whose ultimate aim is to establish an Islamic state in Afghanistan, dominated and governed by Pashtuns. The Haqqani group, on the other hand, follow

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Posted in Haqqani Network, Security, Taliban | Tags: Taliban Factions - Haqqanis versus Kandaharis |
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Taliban’s Most Wanted Mostly in Plain Sight

19th May, 2022 · admin

VOA News May 18, 2022 He regularly meets foreign diplomats and speaks in public but is also the FBI’s most wanted man in Afghanistan. Sirajuddin Haqqani, the Taliban’s acting interior minister, even appeared on CNN on Tuesday with a conciliatory message for Americans. “In the future, we would like to have good relations with the

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Posted in Haqqani Network, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Jalaluddin Haqqani, Sirajuddin Haqqani |
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Taliban Leader Indicates Reopening Girls’ Schools Depends on Dress Codes

17th May, 2022 · admin

In an exclusive interview, Taliban dep. leader & Afghan Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani indicates reopening of girls’ secondary schools depends on dress codes: “We must establish the conditions, so that we can ensure their honor and security. We are acting to ensure this.” pic.twitter.com/yxuuV4oXrU — Christiane Amanpour (@amanpour) May 16, 2022 Ayaz Gul VOA News

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Posted in Afghan Women, Education, Haqqani Network, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Sirajuddin Haqqani |
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Spring Offensive: Has the Liberation of Afghanistan Begun?

12th May, 2022 · admin

Jason Criss Howk: This week I spoke with numerous anti-Taliban groups about their approaches to liberating Afghanistan from the Haqqani-Taliban terror regime. The echoes of Fall 2001 are easy to see, but will these efforts come to fruition? That most likely depends on two major factors. First, can the Afghans unite and build a nationwide

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Posted in Haqqani Network, NRF - National Resistance Front, Opinion/Editorial, Security, Taliban | Tags: Afghan resistance against Taliban |
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Haqqani urges world not to support armed opposition in Afghanistan

11th May, 2022 · admin

Ariana: Acting Minister of Interior Sarajuddin Haqqani met with EU special envoy for Afghanistan on Wednesday in Kabul and urged the foreign community not to support any armed opposition group in the country. Haqqani also said that the door to dialogue is open to all political opponents and that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA)

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Posted in EU-Afghanistan Relations, Haqqani Network, Security, Taliban | Tags: Afghan resistance against Taliban, Baghlan, Sirajuddin Haqqani |
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