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Pakistan Taliban running ‘shadow government’ in North Waziristan

by Omer Farooq Khan in The Times of India, Dec 4, 2023 at 12.42 PM ISTISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Taliban have established a shadow rule in parts of the volatile northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, directing local officials and contractors to “consult and cooperate” with the outfit’s clandestine administrative apparatus. Such is the situation that KP governor Ghulam Ali expressed concern over the region’s security in a TV interview on Saturday, saying it was “unfavourable for political…

Pakistan lost 21 soldiers, killed 36 militants in September

report by Turkey’s Anadolu Agency in Daily Times, Sept 27, 2023Pakistan lost 21 soldiers and killed 36 militants in September, including three militants who were killed in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, data withAnadolu shows. According to a statement by Pakistan’s army, an intense fire exchange took place between the security forces and the militants in the Tirah area of the Khyber District near the Afghanistan border that resulted in the killing of…

Books sale down significantly in Badghis: Bookstore owners

report in The Frontier Post, Jan 27, 2023QALA-I-NAW (Pajhwok): Books sale has declined significantly in northwestern Badghis province recently, according to bookstores owners on Thursday. The books sale market was in terrible situation in the past as well while expert believed not reading books may have dire consequences for the society and it could push the society towards backwardness. Aminullah, a bookseller of Qala-i-Naw city said, he has been associated with the bookselling business from…