The situation denotes total reversal in Taliban-Pakistan Army relations—stark contrast to the ‘everything will be ok’ statement made by former ISI chief Lt General Faiz Hameed.
As the two neighbours entered into ceasefire, it is unlikely to be a lasting solution. History and ideology, among others, will see Kabul and Islamabad at odds again.
ThePrint Explorer unpacks who the TTP are, and what they’re fighting for in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and how Pakistan army is struggling to carve a way out of the conflict.
Saeedullah Saeed's remarks come amid a sharp increase in TTP-led violence emanating from Afghan territory, with over 600 attacks in Pakistan recorded in 2024, according to a UN report.
Pakistan’s ISI has a long history of maintaining clandestine and not-so-clandestine ties with various Afghan political groups, including the Afghan Taliban.
The frequency of TTP attacks in Pakistan has increased—from 267 in 2021 to 365 in 2022—and the militant group has also been systematically going after hard targets.
Year 2024 was Pakistan’s deadliest in a decade, with at least 685 civilian fatalities & roughly 444 terror attacks, according to an annual security report by a Pakistan-based think tank.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
A really solid article.. You will see this play out over the years. The Pakistani establishment is the military, they see all problems as military ones. They’re going to fight the Taliban and end up uniting the people of Afghanistan, with Taliban even stronger. The Pakistani military always tries to bait India to do that to make their own people rally in the same way..
As the chief editor of The Print said and I am paraphrasing – if the British, the Russians and the Americans couldn’t do it then how is Pakistan going to do it ?
A really solid article.. You will see this play out over the years. The Pakistani establishment is the military, they see all problems as military ones. They’re going to fight the Taliban and end up uniting the people of Afghanistan, with Taliban even stronger. The Pakistani military always tries to bait India to do that to make their own people rally in the same way..
As the chief editor of The Print said and I am paraphrasing – if the British, the Russians and the Americans couldn’t do it then how is Pakistan going to do it ?