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Dec 2023
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CutTheClutter: Attack on Pakistan Army b...

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Militants with ties to Pakistani Taliban have claimed responsibility for the suicide attack at an army base in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that claimed 23 lives Tuesday. In Episode 1012 of Cut The Clutter, first published on 31 May 2022, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta delves into the complex relationship between the Afghan Taliban, its allies in Islamabad & offshoots in Pakistan.

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