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Tackling Afghan Taliban and TTP: Past, Present, and the

February 28, 2026

Dr. Naveed Elahi

For decades, Pakistan has faced criticism for its historical relationship with the Afghan Taliban during the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan. Throughout those twenty years, senior Taliban leaders and thousands of their fighters found sanctuary in Pakistan, with the Taliban’s political and military council in Quetta — widely known as the Quetta Shura — becoming symbolic of this reality. Retrospectively,.

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    (Domestic) BALOCHISTAN Unknown armed persons shot dead a man, Akmal Naseer from Faisalabad, in the Pishikan area
    - March 2, 2026

    Tackling Afghan Taliban and TTP: Past,

    Dr. Naveed Elahi For decades, Pakistan has faced criticism for its historical relationship with the Afghan Taliban
    - February 28, 2026

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    (Domestic) BALOCHISTAN Unknown armed persons shot dead a man, Akmal Naseer from Faisalabad, in the Pishikan area
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