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The Taliban, who are ruling Afghanistan, have for the first time reported a threat from Pakistan. Taliban considered Pakistan as a safe haven from 2002-2021. Independent journalist Bilal Sarwari has given this information citing an internal memorandum.
ISKP gathering warning in Logar province of Afghanistan
Sarwari said on Twitter that a leaked internal Taliban memo reported an ISKP (Islamic State-Khorasan Province) training camp inside Pakistan’s tribal region. And Pakistan has warned of ISKP gathering in Logar (Logar is one of the 34 provinces located in the eastern part of Afghanistan) province. He said this is an interesting twist in the story, in which for the first time the Taliban have reported a threat from Pakistan, which was their safe haven from 2002-2021.
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Taliban-Pakistan relations now on a difficult path
Relations between the Taliban and Pakistan are now on a difficult path. On the one hand Taliban is feeling threatened by Pakistan and on the other hand Islamabad had to face serious consequences for supporting the ISKP group. The South Asia Democratic Forum (SADF) has pointed out that Pakistan, which has consistently been involved in state-sponsored cross-border terrorism since its inception and has even praised the Taliban of Afghanistan in the past, is now facing the consequences. doing.
Afghan Taliban support Pak Taliban
However, according to the recent SADA report, Pakistan is now facing two-pronged attacks from the Afghan Taliban and the Pakistani Taliban. The Pakistani Taliban is supported by its ideological brother from Afghanistan. When the Taliban captured Afghanistan in August 2021, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan praised the Afghan Taliban, saying that it had broken the ‘shackles of slavery’.
SADF said that it should be noted here that December 2022 proved to be the worst month for Pakistan. SADF is a Brussels-based think tank devoted to South Asia and its relations with the European Union (EU).
50 percent increase in terrorist attacks in Pakistan
Pakistan has seen a 50 percent increase in terrorist attacks since the Taliban takeover in Kabul, and most of these are carried out by the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) with support from the Afghan Taliban. Even the peace talks between the TTP and the Government of Pakistan were cancelled. The report further states that in the last two decades, Pakistan had an opportunity to stop using jihadism as a foreign policy tool and eliminate the use of extreme Islamic groups as an influence. This could improve his relations with India.
The SADF said that Pakistan could have improved on unhealthy civil-military relations, protection of ethnic minorities and sustainable economic development. But instead Pak leaders decided to maintain their support for the Taliban against both the US and its NATO allies. According to Siegfried O’Wolfe, Research Director of SADF, the terrorism that Pakistan is facing today is not the result of Imran Khan’s government, but the result of many missed opportunities and policy blunders by the army and leadership of politicians since 1947 .
He said Pakistan’s approach to the Afghan Taliban failed because Islamabad’s objectives in Afghanistan were not met, quite the opposite we are now witnessing destabilization of Pakistan itself. Apart from this, Pakistan did not have any comprehensive Afghanistan policy, due to which it was assuming that the Taliban they are helping will always be grateful to them.