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Six Taliban tanks destroyed... Pakistani army, stunned by heavy losses on the Durand Line, launches fierce attacks on Afghanistan

The Pakistani army claims to have destroyed six Taliban tanks during this period. Pakistan claims that some Taliban soldiers were killed in the firing and several others fled the scene. The Taliban, ...
Yahoo

Baloch separatists becoming as big a national security threat as Pakistani Taliban, says think tank

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Baloch separatist group is becoming as big a threat to Pakistan's national security as the Pakistani Taliban, according to a think tank. Last month, the Baloch Liberation Army ...
The Washington Post

Rebel Frustration Grows as Taliban Lines Are Spared

BAGRAM, Afghanistan, Oct. 11 -- The rockets make a quick swishing sound and then disappear into the night. In eerie silence, a second goes by. Then two. Then five. Finally, after a wait that seems too ...
The New York Times

On Anniversary of Taliban Takeover, Glee, Mourning and an Embrace of Jihad

Celebrations marking the third year since the U.S. withdrawal are amplifying a divide in Afghanistan over what principles it should be governed by. By Christina Goldbaum and Yaqoob Akbary Reporting ...
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Once Allies, Pakistan And Afghan Taliban Lurch Toward Full-Blown Conflict

A full-blown conflict between Afghanistan’s Taliban and neighboring Pakistan seemed unthinkable when the hard-line Islamist group, a longtime ally of Islamabad, seized power in 2021 as international ...