In recent months, the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), commonly referred to as Fitna al-Khawarij has intensified its terrorist attacks on Pakistan.

Using Afghan soil as a base of operations, this outfit frequently targets Pakistani posts and security personnel, often with the involvement of Afghan nationals. Hardly a day passes without such attacks, which have inflicted heavy casualties on Pakistan’s defence forces. This slow but deliberate bleeding of Pakistan is a strategy orchestrated by India’s intelligence agency, RAW, and executed through its proxies operating from Kabul. Unfortunately, the Interim Afghan Taliban Government appears to have become a tool in India’s strategy of promoting terrorism against Pakistan.

In the past few days alone, Pakistan has lost 19 soldiers in various attacks across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. India, after its failure in Operation Sindoor, has adopted an indirect approach by sponsoring terrorism in Pakistan through Afghan-based networks. Historically, successive Afghan governments have leaned towards India while maintaining hostility towards Pakistan. Disturbingly, even the current Taliban Government—claiming adherence to Islam, the Holy Qur’an, and Sunnah—seems to cooperate with New Delhi against a Muslim State.

This contradiction is stark. The Modi-led BJP government continues to oppress, marginalize, and kill Muslims within India, yet the Taliban regime appears to align with it against Pakistan. Such a stance exposes the Taliban’s hypocrisy: while they wear the mask of Islam, their actions run contrary to Islamic principles. Islam explicitly........

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