Pakistan-Afghanistan tensions: Can the Taliban stand up to Islamabad in a conflict?

The Afghan defence ministry condemned the recent Pakistani air strikes on eastern provinces and vowed that a fitting reply ...
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Pakistan has F-16s, Shaheen missiles, but what weapons does Taliban-led Afghanistan have? If war breaks out, what will the clash look like?

Experts believe the situation could further complicate regional security. If Afghanistan responds militarily, the big question is how Pakistan will react and what kind of weapons both sides have.
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US Weapons Left Behind in Afghanistan Are Fueling Militancy in Pakistan

Taliban officials admit that at least half of the stockpile is now “unaccounted for.” Many of those weapons ended up with militant groups operating across Afghanistan’s borders. A recent report by the ...

The US wants these critical minerals, but militants with American weapons stand in the way

In the sienna-colored curves of Pakistan’s Hindu Kush mountains, one of the most rugged and lawless regions in the world, a cavernous, grooved crater gouged out from a hillside shines in the winter ...
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The Taliban are reaching out — and some countries are responding

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Four years into its second stretch in power, Afghanistan’s Taliban government has been recognized by only one country: Russia. But anti-immigrant sentiment, concerns about ...
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Trump’s Bagram Claims and the Taliban’s Foreign Policy Choices

Army Pfc. Raymond Purtee watches the barren hills around him as he provides security from the gun turret of a Humvee during a patrol halt in Bagram, Afghanistan, on Oct. 27, 2006. Credit: DoD photo by ...