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One of the keys to the Taliban success was they offered an alternative. They said, “Look, the mujahedeen fought heroically to liberate your country but have now turned it into a war zone. We offer ...

Haq’s murder reflects deep-rooted internecine tensions between the multitude of jihadist entities operating in the Af-Pak ...

Amid this chaos, one former Islamist mujahedeen commander, Mullah Mohammad Omar, looked to Pakistan – where a generation of young Afghans had grown up in refugee camps, going to various ...

Haq's father had longstanding ties with the Afghan Taliban's leadership, including Mullah Omar. He was considered an influential ... Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Muhammad ...