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9/11 and the unsolvable Afghan drama – Aisa Times
4:38 pm By adminSixteen years after 9/11, and the subsequent US bombing that toppled the Taliban, where do we stand? Osama bin Laden is no more. Al-Qaeda is not Read More » -
Afghanistan’s Peace Weavers – Pajhwok Afghan News
4:32 pm By adminParadoxically, despite a horrific and seemingly endless war raging around them, there are brave citizens building peace across Afghanistan every day. The United Nations is doing its best Read More » -
PM’s pertinent warning – Pakistan Observer
4:27 pm By adminPrime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said it would be counter-productive for the United States to sanction Pakistani officials or further cut military assistance, warning it would Read More » -
News Analysis: As military options failed, U.S. must focus on political process, dialogue in Afghanistan – Xinhuanet
4:23 pm By adminISLAMABAD, Sept. 13 (Xinhua) — The United States has been involved in its longest war in Afghanistan that started weeks after Sept. 11, 2001. The U.S. toppled the Taliban government Read More » -
Post-BRICS declaration Pakistan – The Nation
4:20 pm By adminThe recent BRICS Summit of five emerging economies – Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa – in Xiamen, China, stirred quite a debate in Pakistan Read More »
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Ready for Peace? The Afghan Taliban After a Decade of War
The Newsmakers: Negotiating with the Afghan Taliban and the Other Refugee Route
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About TFPI
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TFPI has been registered in UK and Pakistan. TFPI is a network of concerned idealists who want to make a tangible contribution to achieving peace. We promote the use of dialogue and political engagement, backed up by practical interventions to improve people’s lives, as a way of transforming conflict.
TFPI’s main focus is on the long-running conflicts affecting Muslim societies of Afghanistan and Northern Pakistan.
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Top Stories
- 9/11 and the unsolvable Afghan drama – Aisa Times
- Afghanistan’s Peace Weavers – Pajhwok Afghan News
- PM’s pertinent warning – Pakistan Observer
- News Analysis: As military options failed, U.S. must focus on political process, dialogue in Afghanistan – Xinhuanet
- Post-BRICS declaration Pakistan – The Nation
- Afghan issues cannot be resolved without Pakistan, Pak President claims – Khaama Press
- No Foreign Or Military Solution To Afghan Problems: Hayat – TOLO News
- Facilitating peace process in Afghanistan is in Pakistan’s national interest – Daily Times
- Pakistan, China seek political solution to Afghan conflict – Pajhwok
- Some countries’ need to give Pakistan credit for its counterterrorism role: China – DAWN News
- An Army officer on the US’s new policy for Afghanistan: more misguided strategy – Business Insider
- Afghan conflict needs robust peacemaking, experts say – National Catholic Reporter publications
- Access to information essential for building peace in northeastern Afghanistan – Reliefweb
- Trump Is Treating Pakistan Like a Scapegoat for America’s Failures in Afghanistan- The National Interest
- Several Taliban Leaders Could Join Peace Process: Gen. Raziq – TOLO News
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TFPI Articles in Media
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Top priorities for Haibatullah, new Afghan Taliban leader
(CNN)In the year that he openly led the Afghan Taliban Movement, Akhtar Mohammad Mansour, who was killed by a U.S drone strike Saturday, proved to be a consummate political actor. After seizing power in a rapidly summoned conclave, he proceeded Read More » -
The Taliban replaces its dead leader – and prepares for some tricky internal politics
The May 21 drone strike that killed Taliban leader Akhtar Mohammad Mansoorwas no ordinary assassination; it was an act of armed politics against an acutely political war strategist. The Taliban has already named Mansoor’s successor, Mawlawi Haibatullah Akhundzada, and is Read More » -
Black flags and balaclavas: how jihadists dress for imaginary war
Source Link: Author: Michael Semple, Queen’s University Belfast Copy of the Post in PDF The first thing that I noticed in the gruesome pictures of two gunmen fleeing the scene of their attack on Charlie Hebdo was that the men were dressed from head Read More » -
Explainer: who are the Pakistani Taliban?
By Michael Semple, Queen’s University Belfast The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on a school in Peshawar that killed more than 130 children. The militants planned the massacre to take revenge on the Pakistan army. They murdered the Read More » -
The Pakistan Taliban Movement: An Appraisal
Policy Research Papers November 2014 In October 2014 the spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) announced his movement’s backing for the “Islamic State” (IS) and its efforts to re-establish the Caliphate. The spokesman pledged that the Taliban would align their Read More »
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Ready for Peace? The Afghan Taliban after a Decade of War -RUSI Paper
By Theo Farrell and Michael Semple https://rusi.org Copy of the Post in PDF Despite high-profile success on the battlefield, interviews with Taliban personnel reveal substantial discord within the group. This briefing paper argues that: The Taliban movement Read More » -
Rhetoric, Ideology and Organizational Structure of the Taliban Movement
Published: January 5, 2015 http://www.usip.org By: Michael Semple Copy of the Post in PDF This report examines the evolution of the Taliban case for armed struggle and the Read More » -
Poetry of the Taliban
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Reconciliation in Afghanistan
“As the Obama administration develops and implements its revised strategy on Afghanistan and Pakistan, a principle topic of debate is -reconciliation–how to deal politically with Taliban and other insurgents who are not pursuing al-Qaeda’s global objectives in search of a political solution. Michael Semple brings to bear a wealth of practical experience on the ground Read More »
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