Taliban deploy dozens of officials at Afghan embassy, consulates in Pakistan
The Taliban have posted four elderly officers and dozens of inferior operatives at the Afghan delegacy and consulates in Pakistan in recent weeks, reflecting Islamabad’s close ties with the setup in Kabul. One of the elderly Taliban officers was stationed at Afghanistan’s delegacy in Islamabad and the others at consulates in Karachi, Peshawar and Quetta, […]
Negotiating with the Taliban to save lives in Afghanistan
When the U.S. pulled up stakes in Afghanistan this past August, the Biden administration didn’t expect the Taliban to seize control of the country so quickly. Twenty years of nation building and an Afghan military crumbled within days. As our team arrived into the Kabul airport in Afghanistan, we weren’t sure what we’d find. It […]