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Qatar or Pakistan: Who will control the Taliban?
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Qatar or Pakistan: Who will control the Taliban?

https://youtu.be/o__MDcCVOY4 Over the past decade, Qatar has emerged as an effective interlocutor between the West and the Taliban. By brokering peace negotiations in Doha, Qatar paved the way for the American withdrawal and the terror group's return to power. On the other hand, Pakistan caused the birth of Taliban’s, midwifed by Islamabad’s intelligence services, in the early 1990s. After the defeat of the Taliban in 2001, Pakistan provided the safe havens for them to regroup, rearm and return to the fray. Now, the two countries are in a pitched battle for influence over the terror group ruling in Kabul. Although the terror group is headed by a supreme leader, Habitullah Akhundzada, it is not a monolith. Qatar is aligned with the faction led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who ...
Pakistan Seeks Influence in Afghanistan Through Taliban, says former Pak senator Khattak as top Taliban leader visits Pakistan
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Pakistan Seeks Influence in Afghanistan Through Taliban, says former Pak senator Khattak as top Taliban leader visits Pakistan

Afrasiab Khattak, a former Pakistani senator and analyst of regional affairs, says Pakistan pursues its interests in Afghanistan through the Taliban and that the group's approach towards the peace process has remained unchanged as it still favors violence in the country.The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday reacted to Baradar’s video in Pakistan and said the presence of the Taliban leaders and their fighters in Pakistan is a “clear violation of Afghanistan’s national sovereignty,”The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in a statement said the presence of the Taliban leaders and their members will continue the ongoing crisis and instability in the region and it will challenge the efforts to ensure lasting peace in Afghanistan.The ministry called on Pakistan to prevent insurgents fro...