With the exit of US troops from Afghanistan and its takeover by Taliban, the three Sunni Muslim-majority countries Pakistan, Qatar and Turkey have initiated engagement with Kabul’s new dispensation. The proximity of the Pakistani military establishment to the infamous Haqqani clan, who are from Loya (meaning ‘big’ in Pashtu) Patika, in the eastern part of Afghanistan, is
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Friction between pragmatists and ideologues in the Taliban leadership has intensified since the group formed a hard-line Cabinet last week that is more in line with their harsh rule in the 1990s than their recent promises of inclusiveness, said two Afghans familiar with the power struggle.