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Engaging with Afghanistan will get harder for West

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AFGHANISTAN

This was a reference to criticism of Taliban rule by certain international players. While engagement between the emirate and the West remains limited, the Taliban are drawing…

Afghanistan’s marginalised groups face increasing woes

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AFGHANISTAN

The Taliban have increasingly fraught relations not only with Shia, most of whom are ethnic Hazaras, but also with other marginalised communities, including Salafis -- a small…

Pakistan’s problems with jihadist groups will grow

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PAKISTAN

Many observers nevertheless remain unconvinced that the country has completely cut ties with militant groups such as Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM). Meanwhile…

Islamabad will struggle to curb Pakistani Taliban

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PAKISTAN

In late November, the TTP ended a ceasefire with Islamabad and ordered its combatants to return to full insurgency. Responding to the threat is a top priority for the…

Pakistani Taliban will come under huge pressure

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PAKISTAN

The attack was claimed by Jamaat-ul-Ahrar, an especially hard-line faction of the Pakistani Taliban Movement (TTP). Although the TTP has markedly stepped up its offensive against…

Pakistan attacks augur further pre-poll violence

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PAKISTAN

PAKISTAN: Attacks augur further pre-poll violence

Lahore blast augurs uptick in India-Pakistan tensions

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INDIA/PAKISTAN

Pakistan last week accused India’s foreign intelligence agency, the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), of orchestrating the attack. Delhi denies the allegation. Meanwhile, there…

India’s Jammu and Kashmir will see serious unrest

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INDIA

Meanwhile, the nationally ruling, Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s policy agenda for the restive, majority-Muslim state includes scrapping its special…

Acceptance of Indian-run Kashmir’s new status may grow

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INDIA

Last month, a handful of locally active parties formed a new grouping -- the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) -- to seek peaceful restoration of that status…

Karachi attack is unlikely to trigger policy reform

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PAKISTAN

PAKISTAN: Karachi attack is unlikely to trigger reform