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State Department: Pakistan continues to provide safe haven for Taliban, allied jihadists

Thomas Joscelyn & Bill Roggio | July 19, 2017

The State Department’s newly released Country Reports on Terrorism says that Pakistan “did not take substantial action against the Afghan Taliban,” including the Haqqani Network, in 2016. The Taliban’s leadership has long had a presence in Pakistan.

Ayman al Zawahiri swears allegiance to the Taliban’s new leader

Thomas Joscelyn | June 11, 2016

Ayman al Zawahiri has sworn allegiance to the Taliban’s new leader, Mullah Haibatullah. Zawahiri’s oath of bay’ah continues a tradition of al Qaeda’s leaders swearing their fealty to the Taliban’s top man.

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