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Kabul seeks ‘alternatives’ to tackle TTP

by Kamran Yousuf in The Express Tribune, November 28th, 2023.ISLAMABAD:The Afghan Taliban government has asked Pakistan to suggest alternative ways to tackle the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) as Kabul has flatly refused to use force against the terrorist outfit.Tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have been running high for months over the TTP issue. At the heart of the stalemate is the reluctance by the Afghan Taliban to rein in the TTP. Despite simmering tensions, the…

A seismic shift?

Editorial in Dawn, February 20th, 2023A RELEASE on bail in Karachi and an acquittal in Peshawar — each one significant in its own right, but coming within 24 hours of each other, they suggest something momentous may be afoot. Last Tuesday, South Waziristan MNA and Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement leader Ali Wazir won his freedom after more than two years’ imprisonment at the Karachi Central Jail on multiple charges of sedition. The next day, the parents…