Fighting between Taliban forces and Juma Khan Fateh, a former Taliban official and their commander, entered a fourth consecutive day in Badakhshan’s Nusay district, local sources told Amu on Friday, as neighboring Tajikistan protested what it said was a deadly spillover of the clashes across its border. Local sources said the fighting continued intermittently in Nusay. Fateh, a former Taliban […]

Key TakeawaysPakistan’s Shehbaz Sharif government, installed through military-influenced 2024 elections, is showing clear signs of drift amid economic stagnation, political unpopularity, deteriorating security, and inability to address major challenges, despite full military backing that has reduced parliament, the judiciary, and bureaucracy to rubber stamps.Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s admission that the “system has collapsed,” coupled with military endorsement and speculation about […]