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Five years on, Taliban has territory but not sovereignty

Kabul’s dispute with Islamabad over Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan sanctuaries is not a border quarrel. It is the clearest evidence yet that five years after seizing power, the Taliban has mastered control of Afghan territory without accepting what control is supposed to mean: responsibility for what happens within it. That distinction — between holding ground and holding […]

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