List of Taliban articles
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PAKISTAN-UNREST-SCHOOL A Morass of Its Own Making: Pakistan’s Destructive Taliban Policy
Will there be a new resolve in Pakistan to fight militancy and radicalism? No guarantees.
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A Pakistani christian girl lights candles for the victims of an attack by Taliban gunmen on an army-run school in Peshawar, in Karachi on December 17, 2014. Pakistan army chief General Raheel Sharif and Afghanistan president Ashraf Ghani vowed to fight "terrorism and extremism" together, a day after Taliban militants killed 148 people at a Pakistani school. AFP PHOTO / Asif HASSAN (Photo credit should read ASIF HASSAN/AFP/Getty Images) A Desperate Act by Pakistan’s Taliban
The Pakistani Taliban's attack on a school in Peshawar is not a sign of their strength, but rather of their weakness.
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460588008_12-17 The Death Throes of the Pakistani Taliban
Why the brutal attacks in Peshawar have already backfired against the TTP.
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75873679talibancrop Soldiers for Ignorance
Why the Taliban can’t win in its fight against the future -- and other bad omens for 2015.
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460557748crop The Pakistani Taliban’s War on Education, by the Numbers
The Pakistani Taliban's ruthless attacks on schools, teachers, and activists have disrupted the education of hundreds of thousands of Pakistani children.
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AFGHANISTAN-UNREST-TALIBAN A Signal or Noise? The Afghan Taliban’s Interest in Peace
Did Mullah Mohammed Omar just make an overture for peace? And is it a signal -- an indication of true intentions -- or just noise -- activity to gain attention?
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glass The Murder of Innocents
A tragic triple shooting in Kabul highlights the increasing danger to aid workers in the Afghan capital.
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IHSANULLAH SHAKIR/AFP/Getty Images Teenage Wasteland
Why do so many efforts to stop young people from joining extremist groups fail?
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AAMIR QURESHI Actually, All Pakistanis Don’t Hate Malala
How social media went wild over a fraud's nasty comments, and why America's pretty cool about it.
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Photo by Bethany Clarke/Getty Images for 9th World Islamic Economic Forum The Misunderstanding of Hamid Karzai
Afghanistan's president of 13 years exits the stage, and leaves behind him a slew of missed opportunities.
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Mohammed Saber/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images The Case Against Qatar
The tiny, gas-rich emirate has pumped tens of millions of dollars through obscure funding networks to hard-line Syrian rebels and extremist Salafists, building a foreign policy that punches above its weight. After years of acquiescing -- even taking advantage of its ally's meddling -- Washington may finally be punching back.
