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Confirms over two dozen terrorist groups, including TTP & Al-Qaida, are operating from Afghanistan

Our experience is that you cannot win this war, Omari warns Pakistan

Kandahari, Haqqani groups direct militant outfit to de-escalate tensions

Plausible deniability will no longer work for Afghanistan’s de facto Taliban rulers.

Afghans not responsible for Pakistan’s security problems, says Zabihullah

Pashtunwali has been a profound and comprehensive all-encompassing modus vivendi of Pashtuns exclusively

Twitter verified check marks bought by Taliban appear to have been removed

Bashir Noorzai was arrested in 2005 and charged with smuggling more than $50m worth of heroin into the United States

Anas Mallick says his producer, driver released by Taliban authorities after being held under detention for 42 hours

Taliban administration had not officially announced its plan for female university students

A viral video showed Taliban soldiers seizing spools of barbed wire and issuing warning to Pakistani soldiers

Group’s spokesman says Da’ish not major threat, girls to be allowed to return to schools ‘soon’

The international community is coming to terms with the new Taliban regime with a flurry of diplomacy

The inner workings and leadership of the group have long been shrouded in secrecy

China is a big country with a huge economy and capacity, Suhail Shaheen tells Chinese state media

14 bodies, including women, children taken to the hospital: health officials

US mission in Kabul says Taliban have no business in governance as they can’t control their fighters

Whether it’s the battlefield, talks or ideology, the Taliban win everywhere