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Taliban Return to Northern Afghanistan, previously declared secure

Taliban Return to Northern Afghanistan, previously declared secure

Afghanistan’s Kunduz province had been earlier evaluated as secure that is why troops were moved to other hotspots. Now, with US and Afghan forces concentrated on the southern regions of Afghanistan, the Taliban have returned to the northern Kunduz province. In fact, ‘the Taliban is now threatening a key route bringing NATO supplies from Central [...]
Baitullah Mehsud‘s death: not crucial to counterinsurgency

Baitullah Mehsud‘s death: not crucial to counterinsurgency

Baitullah Mehsud, the leader of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) which is dubbed as the Pakistani Taliban group, has reportedly been killed. His death, however, is not fundamentally crucial to the counterinsurgency campaign in the region. For starters, other deputies and heirs apparent are waiting in the wings. Such is always the case with syndicated [...]