The Taliban's "War on Education" is dismantling Afghanistan's intellectual life, replacing modern schools with ideological madrasas, and denying women healthcare and learning.
Contrasting messages from the Taliban's security and clerical wings, a GDI official warned of force while ulema urged restraint, suggest a widening structural split in the leadership.
Afghanistan's Interior Minister Haqqani compared Pakistan Army Chief Munir's TTP demands to US rhetoric, insisting the conflict is an internal Pakistani matter, widening the trust gap.