Islamabad hands over top commanders of TTP to the Afghan Taliban
Muslim Khan and Mehmood Khan were recently transferred from a military detention facility to the custody of the Afghan Taliban in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt.
Muslim Khan and Mehmood Khan were recently transferred from a military detention facility to the custody of the Afghan Taliban in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt.
In a major and significant move, a group of high-profile US Senators which includes an erstwhile presidential nominee moved on…
The Taliban is inherently an inflexible, dogmatic and puritanical phenomenon that vehemently disallows exceptions, leniencies, and accommodations. For Beijing to genuinely believe that the Taliban in its new avatar will accede to Chinese interests (like Pakistan does), is very unlike and unbecoming of the perennially wary Chinese. The societal and political dynamics within Pakistan and Afghanistan are very different
Eoin Morgan and Alex Hales had skipped a tour of Bangladesh in 2016 because of security concerns
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi had mentioned some unnamed force to be working against peace in Afghanistan and urged the group to be monitored.
The Cold War-era strategic bomber first flew in the 1950s but is still used due to its 70,000lb payload and range of more than 8,000 miles
The US Embassy has also asked US citizens to leave Afghanistan immediately using available commercial flight options
The development was the latest in Taliban wins on the ground as American and NATO troops complete their pullout from the war-battered country.
Pentagon officials are encouraging their partners in Kabul to "step up" and defend their country amidst the pullout of American forces,
Initially, it was a symbol of the U.S. drive to avenge the 9/11 attacks, then of its struggle for a way through the ensuing war with the Taliban.
