Wikipedia for KaiOS/engagement1/trending/en/pk

[   {        "title": "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan", "description": "\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Cb\u003EIslamic Emirate of Afghanistan\u003C/b\u003E is an Islamic state governed by the Taliban that is the \u003Ci\u003Ede facto\u003C/i\u003E current government of Afghanistan since 15 August 2021. The Taliban previously ruled the country under this name from 1996 to 2001.\u003C/p\u003E", "imageUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Flag_of_Taliban.svg/320px-Flag_of_Taliban.svg.png" },   {        "title": "Hamid Gul", "description": "\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHamid Gul\u003C/b\u003E HI(M), SBt, was a three-star rank army general in the Pakistan Army and defence analyst. Gul was notable for serving as the Director-General of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), Pakistan's premier intelligence agency, between 1987 and 1989. During his tenure, Gul played an instrumental role in directing ISI support to Afghan resistance groups against Soviet forces in return for funds and weapons from the USA, during the Soviet–Afghan War, in co-operation with the CIA.\u003C/p\u003E", "imageUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a8/Hamid_Gul_portrait.jpg/243px-Hamid_Gul_portrait.jpg" },   {        "title": "Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan", "description": "\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003ETehrik-i-Taliban in Pakistan\u003C/b\u003E, alternatively referred to as the \u003Cb\u003EPakistani Taliban\u003C/b\u003E or the \u003Cb\u003ETTP\u003C/b\u003E in short, is a Pashtun Islamist terrorist armed group that is an umbrella organization of various militant groups which are based along the Afghan–Pakistani border. Most Taliban groups in Pakistan coalesce under the TTP. In December 2007 about 13 groups united under the leadership of Baitullah Mehsud to form the TTP. Among the stated objectives of TTP is resistance against the Pakistani state. The TTP's aim is to overthrow the government of Pakistan by waging a terrorist campaign against the Pakistan armed forces and the state. The TTP depends on the tribal belt along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border from which it draws its recruits. The TTP receives ideological guidance from and maintains ties with al-Qaeda.\u003C/p\u003E", "imageUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg/320px-Flag_of_Tehrik-i-Taliban.svg.png" },   {        "title": "Hamid Karzai", "description": "\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EHamid Karzai\u003C/b\u003E is an Afghan politician who served as President of Afghanistan from 22 December 2001 to 29 September 2014. He is also the leader of the Popalzai Durrani tribe of Kandahar.\u003C/p\u003E", "imageUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Hamid_Karzai_listens_to_Barack_Obama_in_Kabul_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg/242px-Hamid_Karzai_listens_to_Barack_Obama_in_Kabul_2012_%28cropped%29.jpg" },   {        "title": "War in Afghanistan (2001–present)", "description": "\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Cb\u003EWar in Afghanistan\u003C/b\u003E was a conflict following the 2001 United States invasion of Afghanistan when the United States and its allies temporarily drove the Taliban from power in order to deny al-Qaeda a safe base of operations in Afghanistan. After the initial objectives were completed, a coalition of over 40 countries formed a security mission in the country called International Security Assistance Force of which certain members were involved in military combat allied with Afghanistan's government. The war mostly consisted of Taliban insurgencies fighting against the Afghan Armed Forces and allied forces; the majority of ISAF/RS soldiers and personnel are American. The war was code-named by the US as Operation Enduring Freedom (2001–14) and Operation Freedom's Sentinel (2015–2021).\u003C/p\u003E", "imageUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/Collage_of_the_War_in_Afghanistan_%282001-present%29.png/320px-Collage_of_the_War_in_Afghanistan_%282001-present%29.png" },   {        "title": "Abdul Rashid Dostum", "description": "\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cb\u003EAbdul Rashid Dostum\u003C/b\u003E is an Afghan politician, Marshal in the Afghan National Army, and founder and leader of the political party Junbish-e Milli. Dostum was a major army commander in the communist government during the Soviet-Afghan War, and in 2001 was the key indigenous ally to US Special Forces and the CIA during the campaign to topple the Taliban government. He is regarded to be both one of the most powerful and most notorious warlords since the beginning of the Afghan wars, known for siding with winners during different wars.\u003C/p\u003E", "imageUrl": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Abdul_Rashid_Dostum_in_September_2014.jpg/232px-Abdul_Rashid_Dostum_in_September_2014.jpg" } ]