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Isis ascent in Syria and Iraq weakening Pakistani Taliban
22 Oct 2014: Islamic State’s military prowess and string of defections leave once-formidable Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan on the ropes
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22 Oct 2014: Around 14 million people live along highway one, a 2,000-kilometre ring road that snakes around the Hindu Kush, connecting the country’s largest cities – Herat, Mazar-e-Sharif, Kabul, Ghazni and Kandahar, that is fraught with danger. As Nato withdraws after a 13-year military presence, optimism and foreboding is palpable among residents. ‘The Other Islamic Republic’ is part of our expanding coverage of the region, here in partnership with Afghanistan Today
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13 Oct 2014: Jonathan Powell’s advocacy of dialogue with Islamist terrorist groups glosses over some fundamental obstacles, writes Jason Burke
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11 Oct 2014: Drone strikes near North Waziristan area targeted before as Taliban suicide bomber kills police officer in south
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10 Oct 2014: Indian and Pakistani children campaigners win 2014 peace prize
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9 Oct 2014: Immigration minister says his department will look into reports that Zainullah Naseri, who was deported on 26 August, was kidnapped and tortured by Taliban
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4 Oct 2014: Authorities blame Taliban for banning immunisations and attacking vaccination teams
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2 Oct 2014: Three officers who took a taxi from a Walmart to the Canadian border say they are targets at home and ‘reborn’ by hopes
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30 Sep 2014: High hopes for new chief of ISI, which has long been a law unto itself in the murky world of the Taliban, political gangs and mafias
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30 Sep 2014: Family say father from western Sydney was singled out by fighters while travelling in Afghanistan
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