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A year later, the double game of the Afghan regime disappoints its Pakistani protector

2022-08-12T14:45:37.413Z


DECRYPTION - Kabul's efforts to facilitate talks between Islamabad and the Pakistani Taliban Movement (TTP) - a terrorist group close to al-Qaida - illustrate the double talk of the Afghan Taliban.


A year after their return to power, the Afghan Taliban continue their quest for respectability.

While no country has recognized the theocratic regime, it is leading a peace mediation between Pakistan and the Pakistani Taliban Movement (TTP).

Founded in 2007, the terrorist group is waging a merciless war against Islamabad which has claimed more than 66,000 lives, according to American Brown University.

The chances are slim that the two parties will find common ground.

A series of negotiations conducted at the end of 2021 had failed.

The new discussions started in the spring are also going straight into the wall.

A delegation of Pakistani ulemas returned empty-handed from Kabul on July 30, after the TTP refused to review its demands: it notably claims the establishment in Pakistan of a political regime modeled on that of the Afghan Taliban.

“The peace process with the TTP never came to fruition.

So far we have agreed to participate at the request of…

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Source: lefigaro

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