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How do Pakistan and Taliban Afghan militaries stack up as tensions flare?

  • Pakistan fields 660,000 active troops, 465 combat aircraft and 170 nuclear warheads, dwarfing Taliban forces
  • Afghan Taliban command about 172,000 personnel with limited air capability and no nuclear arsenal
By Reuters ·

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