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Opinion: Pakistanis aren’t rejoicing over the

triumph of the Taliban
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I am sure there are many in the United States or Europe who would expect the
news of the Afghan Taliban’s triumph to trigger euphoria in Pakistan. There 5 Condoleezza Rice: The Afghan
people didn’t choose the
are those in the West who have depicted the Taliban as a sort of Pakistani Taliban. They fought and died
alongside us.
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truth to this. Over the past two decades there have been elements in the
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