#Deobandi cleric Manzoor Mengal: Kabul's mayor Abdul Rasheed #Baloch (aka Haji Mohammad) is my relative. Once we are having a feast with other clerics in Afghanistan when we spotted a US drone in sky. We all ran leaving our kebabs. Elderly clerics ran faster than younger ones.

Armed clashes erupted between Tajikistan border guards and Taliban fighters on October 25 along the Tajik-Afghan frontier. The dispute reportedly stemmed from disagreements over water diversion from the Amu River. https://t.co/APB60mZqy1

India pulled out of Tajikistan’s strategically important Ayni air base in 2022. Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base. https://t.co/cHIXlN8lBP

#Afghan #Uzbek activist Tahir Andish: #Pashtuns are demanding national unity from non-Pashtuns but that's a folly until a legitimate government consisting of different ethnic groups is formed. Personally, I am currently in favor of #Pakistan's victory over the #Taliban.

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (#TTP) claimed responsibility for killing police officer Javed Khan in #Bannu District, KP province on 28 October 2025.

#Hazara academic Sardar Mohamad Rahimi @sahanrahimi: The #Taliban, by supporting extremist groups, #Baloch separatists and #TTP, have effectively drawn #Afghanistan into regional conflicts.

#Afghan academic Ismail Yon tells #Pashtun journalist Rahman Bunairee: #PTM is engaged in civil resistance and #TTP is pursuing armed resistance against Pakistani state. I ask @ManzoorPashteen and TTP leaders not to oppose each other.

#Afghan #Tajik ex-diplomat Abdullah Khodadad @AKhodadad: Afghanistan as a state no longer exists. It has no future. "Reconciliation," "national unity," "negotiation," and "common interests" are outdated words now. Taliban have no regards for Tajik history and culture.

Indian analyst Gaurav Arya @majorgauravarya: Pakistan's Defence Minister @KhawajaMAsif is being stupid in issuing threats of war against Afghanistan. That's what Taliban want to hear. #Pashtuns enjoy wars. They have been fighting wars for one thousand years.

Pakistani police arrested #Afghan actress Atefeh Fasihi in Islamabad and shifted her to Haji Camp detention center.

#Afghan analyst Torialai Zazai: Today, the indigenous people of Afghanistan are in power.

Erfan Sabeti: The recent raid by #Iran's Ministry of Intelligence officials on the home of a #Bahai family in #Tehran and the plundering their belongings was such that a young child, terrified, asked their mother: "Mummy, are these thieves?" #Fascism

#Afghan academic Mujib Rahman Rahimi @MujibRahimi: This war is not between people of Pakistan and Afghanistan, but between Pakistan government and a terrorist group who once worked for Pakistan and who doesn't represent majority of Tajiks, Hazaras, Uzbeks, Pashtuns.

The strong statement from Pakistani officials to the Taliban contains one message: if we convey a weak signal to the Taliban, we will lose ground to our strong rival, India.

#Taliban supporters share @AnasHaqqani313's poem: You will see armies in Jhelum again Once a decision is made about Attock Conflicts can be resolved through words Sometimes a decision can't be made without a gun

Taliban's diplomatic engagements since August 2021 1. China: 404 2. Iran: 388 3. Turkey: 324 4. Qatar: 293 5. Pakistan: 259 6. Uzbekistan: 244 7. Russia: 169 8. Turkmenistan: 158 9. Malaysia: 110 10. Kazakhstan: 108

Former Afghan officials pinned the Taliban insurgency entirely on "foreign support" and rejected Pakistani officials' explanation of "root causes" (Afghan state repression, US intervention etc.). Now the tables have turned.

#Afghan ex-ambassador Atif Mashal @MashalAtif: The #Taliban’s policies are rooted in Afghan nationalism, not Indian influence. Taliban showed remarkable discipline and diplomatic savvy after Pakistani airstrikes. #TTP stems from Pakistan’s own policies. https://t.co/ALZpynqhFm

The undated video shows a #TTP's militant visiting different areas of #Karachi.

#Afghan analyst Torialai Zazai: The #Taliban managed to give #Pakistan a crushing response. If Pakistan attacks again, the Taliban will advance to #Attock within 24 hours. https://t.co/KSOAxGZoWD

#Afghan analyst Torialai Zazai: The #Taliban managed to give #Pakistan a crushing response. If Pakistan attacks again, the Taliban will advance to #Attock within 24 hours.