Attacks rise in Pakistan as Taliban-backed truce fails
December 22, 2021
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By: Zia Ur Rehman
A policeman stands guard at a mosque in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, in August at the height of terrorist attacks in Pakistan. ...
Taliban quietly forming regular army to make Afghanistan a...
December 13, 2021
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By: Zia Ur Rehman
The Taliban hold a military parade with equipment captured from the U.S. army in Kandahar, Afghanistan on Nov. 8. (Photo by Murteza Khaliqi/Ana...
Afghan chaos mounts as ISIS-K tries to tarnish Taliban tri...
September 16, 2021
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By: Zia Ur Rehman
Kabul street patrol: As the Taliban seeks accommodations with the West and China, it is being pilloried by remaining jihadis in ISIS-K for sell...
Pakistan considers TikTok ban over 'vulgar content'
October 2, 2020
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By: Zia Ur Rehman
Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan may curb TikTok over content deemed unacceptable in the Muslim-majority country
While the U.S. has been...
China pushes Pakistan to open trade routes with Afghanista...
The border post in Torkham, Pakistan, in December 2019. The Khyber Pass Economic Corridor project includes construction of a 48km four-lane expressw...
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