The Dar-ul-Uloom Haqqania seminary earned the nickname the "University of Jihad" for its fiery ideology and the number of Taliban fighters it has produced
DW: Why is Pakistan seeing a surge in Taliban support?
Pakistani citizen Abdul Rasheed died in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province earlier this month. Hundreds of people attended the 22-year-old's funeral near Peshawar and chanted pro-Taliban slogans.
Videos of Pakistani citizens holding Taliban flags and chanting Islamist
slogans at rallies to show support for the Afghan insurgents have been circulating on social media. This comes amid rapid Taliban advances in Afghanistan ahead of the complete withdrawal of US troops by September.
Islamic clerics in various parts of the country are also soliciting support for the Afghan Taliban and calling for donations.
Many locals and witnesses in the city of Quetta and district of Pishin of Balochistan province told DW that there had been an increased pro-Taliban activity in their areas.
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Update: Young Pakistani's Taliban idealism ends with death in Afghanistan (AFP)
WNU Editor: The madrases in Pakistan have long been an incubator for radical Islam and producing fighters for the Taliban. As long as this continues, the war in Afghanistan will never end.
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