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Pakistan’s Support For The Taliban Is Now Widely Open

Taliban fighters have taken large swathes of Afghanistan in the past two weeks. Photo: AFP / Aref Karimi  

Asia Times: Pakistan’s support for Taliban now in open view  

Afghan-Pakistan relations in a tailspin amid rising revelations Islamabad is providing crucial support to Taliban's war effort 

 PESHAWAR – When a movie depicting the Taliban taking out a funeral procession in the Pakistani city of Peshawar recently went viral on social media, the Interior Ministry’s real-life acknowledgment of the Afghan Taliban’s presence in the country failed to make much of a stir. 

In late June, Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed revealed that the families of several Afghan Taliban militants live safely in Pakistani cities, including some in the capital Islamabad’s poshest districts. 

However, a clearer picture of the Afghan Taliban’s presence emerged when local media, quoting Pakistani officials, confirmed that the bodies of militants killed in Afghanistan are now arriving in Pakistan, while wounded fighters are also receiving treatment in Pakistani hospitals in Balochistan province.  

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WNU Editor: According to the UN there are about 6,000 Pak’s TTP terrorist fighters in Afghanistan supporting the Taliban against Afghan forces .... 6,000 Pak’s TTP terrorists still in Afghanistan, support Taliban against Afghan forces: UN report (Hindustan Times).



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