The recent cross-border activity undertaken by elements holed up inside Afghanistan against neighbouring Tajikistan is a case in point. This confirms the notion that non-state actors are at large in Afghanistan, and the Taliban rulers are unable to tame them. Two attacks reportedly carried out either by Afghan authorities or their henchmen in the terror nexus killed at least five Chinese engineers in Tajikistan.

The last week's attacks compelled the Tajik President........

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