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Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM)

July 27, 2021
Project Taliban: An Anti-Pashtun Initiative?
By Bilquees Daud
Pashtuns on both sides of the Durand line have been at the receiving end of some of the most grotesque and intense violence by the Taliban.

May 04, 2020
Killing of PTM Leader Further Antagonizes Pakistan Pashtun Rights Defenders
By Daud Khattak
Sardar Arif Wazir was killed by armed men on May 1.

February 14, 2020
Pakistan’s Efforts to Silence Dissenters Amplifies Their Causes
By Daud Khattak
In the age of social media, labeling people traitors, infidels and foreign agents doesn’t necessarily inspire the self-censorship it once did.

January 31, 2020
What Next for the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement?
By Umair Jamal
With its leaders arrested, where does the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement go from here?

January 29, 2020
Pakistan’s Crackdown on Pashtun Dissent Reflects Weakness, Not Strength
By Farahnaz Ispahani
The inability of the Pakistani state to stomach Pashtun dissent reflects internal fragility.

January 27, 2020
Pakistan Arrests Human Rights Leader Who Criticized Army
By Associated Press
Pashtun Protection Movement head Manzoor Pashteen was arrested Monday, accused of making anti-government speeches and inciting violence.

October 08, 2019
The Return of the Pakistani Taliban
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
After fading in the wake of 2014’s Operation Zarb-e-Azb, the TTP is poised for a resurgence.

May 02, 2019
Pakistan Declares War on Pashtun Nationalism
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
The Pakistani military is trying to sound the death knell of the Pashtun Tahaffuz Movement.

February 13, 2019
Pakistan Must Embrace, Not Collide With, PTM
By Hussain Nadim
Securitizing the movement has put the state in an impossible situation. It’s time to de-escalate.

February 05, 2019
Pakistan’s Pashtun Rights Movement Suffers First Casualty
By Daud Khattak
A year after the PTM took shape, one of its leaders has been killed and frustration is growing.

February 01, 2019
A Year Later, a Civil Rights Movement Soldiers on in Pakistan
By Afrasiab Khattak
The February 2018 Islamabad sit-in gave birth to the most dynamic, active, and nonviolent youth political uprising Pakistan has seen.

November 05, 2018
Return From a Pakistan Dungeon
By Shah Meer Baloch
Thousands of people have been “disappeared” in Pakistan. And for those who reappear, life is never the same.
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