An awkward dance: Pakistan’s fraught relationship with the Taliban

Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi (R) greets Taliban co-founder Mullah Baradar (2L) upon his arrival with delegation at the Pakistan Foreign Ministry in Islamabad . (AFP)

September 10: Financial Times reported that the fighters, armed with rifles and whips, hopped off battered pick-up trucks decorated with garlands of plastic fuchsia and yellow flowers to shove people trying to cross the border back in line and away from the gate where they were pleading for entry.

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