Quick Glance: Pakistan's Strategic Use of Afghan Refugees against the Taliban
- Islamabad wants Kabul to take real action against the TTP and is leveraging Afghan refugees as a bargaining chip.
- According to the UNHCR, Pakistan currently hosts 3.7 million Afghan refugees, with 700,000 fleeing Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover in August 2021.
- The TTP's safe haven in Afghanistan hampers the effectiveness of major military operations by the Pakistan army against the group.
- The Taliban have suggested negotiations between Islamabad and the TTP to resolve their issues, but Pakistan is not interested, given the long history of failed attempts.
Quick Glance: Taliban Accused of Targeting Afghan Ex-Officials
- Since the Taliban takeover in 2021, numerous former government officials have been detained, tortured, or killed.
- The United Nations documented at least 218 extrajudicial killings of former government officials by members of the new government.
- A new UN report highlights the treatment of individuals affiliated with the former government and security forces of Afghanistan.
- The Taliban government denies knowledge of such offenses and emphasizes the amnesty for former government members.
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Quick Glance: 19 Killed in Suicide Bombing at Kabul Educational Center: Cops
- "Students were preparing for an exam when a suicide bomber struck at this educational centre."
- "Unfortunately, 19 people have been killed and 27 others wounded," said Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran.
- Although no group claimed responsibility, IS claimed responsibility for a suicide attack on an educational center in the same neighborhood a year earlier, which killed 24, including kids.
- The organization was implicated for a violent gun attack on a maternity ward of a hospital in Dasht-e-Barchi in May 2020, which killed 25 people, including new mothers.
Taliban terrorists fire at Pakistan police van in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; Six cops killed, weapons looted