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Jirga, not flag meeting, to ease Afghan border tensions

bySaleem Shahid in Dawn, December 18th, 2022QUETTA: As some semblance of normality return­­ed to the Chaman border, a flag meeting between Pak­istan and Afghan authorities, scheduled to be held on Saturday, was postponed in favour of a Jirga that would visit Afghanistan for negotiations with the Taliban officials. Efforts by tribal elders and the security forces are underway in a bid to normalise the tense border situation, which was precipitated by Afghan border forces’ shelling…

TTP infiltration in north concerning, seminar told

report in The News, Dec 1, 2022Islamabad: Syed Kaleem Imam, former IG Punjab, IG Sindh, and Federal Secretary of the Ministry of Narcotics Control, has said that the resurgence of Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan is manifested through several attacks, both individual and on institutions, in the northern belt of Pakistan. Mr Imam was speaking at a roundtable discussion at the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS)on ‘Recent TTP infiltration in the north of Pakistan; impact and future prospects.’…