Given below are excerpts from two articles by Taj M. Khattak and Shahzad Chaudhry of the Pakistani military, examining transformation of the Taliban and Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan-Pakistan region. Khattak is a retired vice admiral and former Vice Chief Of Pakistan Navy while Shahzad Chaudhry retired as an air vice marshal in the Pakistan Air Force (PAF).
Khattak's article titled "The Kamra fallout" was published following the Taliban attack on the Pakistan Air Force base at Kamra in August 2012. However, Chaudhry's article titled "The Changing Taliban" was published in July 2012. ...
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