Why is Taliban so important to Middle East regimes? Shia-Sunni rivalries were forgotten as sheikhs & Iran courted it. But what happens post US exit?

By 2006, the US was bogged down in Iraq. In Afghanistan, Taliban resurgence was beginning to take shape, largely with help from Pakistan. Soon Saudi Arabia and Qatar jumped in with external funding. Why? According...

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