Taliban’s governance and its regional implications
Taliban return to Kabul pushed Afghanistan into global terror pit that keeps widening every month. No diplomatic spin can hide ugly truth. Taliban rulers promised discipline focus and compliance during Doha process yet ground reality shows zero effort toward stability. Pakistan carries direct fire from this meltdown through cross border attacks rising extremist mobility plus safe havens that keep expanding inside Afghan belt. Anyone insisting situation remains manageable lives in fantasy.
Taliban regime walked into Kabul with noise about ending chaos yet proved incapable of running coherent security structure. Doha accord set clear benchmarks but no benchmark stands fulfilled. Taliban pledged firm action against militias extremist outfits and international terror networks yet terrorist flows increased rather than decreased. Afghan soil now works as staging ground for multiple factions pushing operations across region. Pakistan feels burn first because of shared border porous terrain and long history of militant exploitation. Expecting relief without structural change remains delusion.
Multiple UN reports plus findings from global watchdog bodies exposed Taliban reluctance to challenge terror actors. These reports again validated Pakistan warnings about fallout from Taliban permissiveness. Numbers show rising training........





















Toi Staff
Sabine Sterk
Gideon Levy
Penny S. Tee
Mark Travers Ph.d
Gilles Touboul
John Nosta
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