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The Pakistani government provided help and shelter to the Taliban for many years, while denying it was doing so. The militants’ takeover of Afghanistan therefore represents a victory for Islamabad, but one that is fraught with risk.
Nearly a month after the Taliban took over the Afghan capital Kabul, concern is growing about the country’s economic and political future. But one country which has welcomed the Taliban’s power grab is its neighbor Pakistan. The Pakistani prime minister, Imran Khan, recently likened it to the Afghans having broken -what he called- “shackles of slavery”. Islamabad hasn’t yet formally recognized the new rulers of Kabul, but there’s a clear sense of triumph over the unceremonious American exit, as well as its main rival, India. So, how deep are Pakistan’s ties with the Afghan militants and what long term impact could it have on the country?
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Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central and South Asia. Afghanistan is bordered by Pakistan to the east and south; Iran to the west; Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan to the north; and China to the northeast.
Occupying 652,000 square kilometers (252,000 sq mi), it is a mountainous country with plains in the north and southwest. Kabul is the capital and largest city. The population is around 32 million, composed mostly of ethnic Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, and Uzbeks.
India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the second-most populous country, the seventh-largest country by land area, and the most populous democracy in the world. New Delhi is the capital.
It has an exceptionally diverse population, with Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and other religions speaking over 21 recognised languages.
Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It has a population exceeding 212.2 million, including the world’s second-largest Muslim population. It has an area of 881,913 square kilometres (340,509 square miles).
Pakistan has a 1,046-kilometre (650-mile) coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by India to the east, Afghanistan to the west, Iran to the southwest, and China to the northeast. It is separated narrowly from Tajikistan by Afghanistan’s Wakhan Corridor in the northwest, and also shares a maritime border with Oman.
The Taliban or Taleban, who refer to themselves as the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a Deobandi Islamist movement and military organization in Afghanistan, currently waging war within the country. Since 2016, the Taliban’s leader has been Mawlawi Hibatullah Akhundzada.