New alliances are being formed, and old emnities revived, as the Afghan government battles against the Taliban offensive, writes Kim Sengupta in Kabul
A man standing on the Afghan side of the border holds a Taliban flag near a crossing point in Pakistans the US and the west retreat from Afghanistan, new players are being drawn into the country’s violent conflict and its bitterly divisive politics in the latest version of the “Great Game”, with unforeseen and potentially highly dangerous consequences for the region and beyond.
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