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Tehreek-i-Taliban is making its way back in Pakistan

Tehreek-i-Taliban’s resurgence reveals the failure of the Pakistan government’s anti-terror policy and its ambivalent, contradictory relationship with Islamist militant groups

| Mar 13, 2023

Pashtuns will not be pawns in Pakistan’s dangerous game with the TTP and Taliban

Recent protests in Swat and Waziristan highlight discontent with rising militancy and the Pakistan military

| Feb 17, 2023

Talking to Tehreek-i-Taliban

Pakistan’s negotiations with the banned group may lead to more violence and instability.

| Sep 13, 2022

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