Keep your friends close: Pakistans shifting role

Published: Oct. 13, 2021, 3:30 p.m.

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As the Taliban\\u2019s closest ally, the country bears a big responsibility for Afghanistan\\u2019s fate. We examine its diplomatic risks and opportunities. Mastercard is pressing porn purveyors this week; we look at how financial companies are reluctantly stepping up as the internet\\u2019s police. And a timely social-inequality take drives South Korea\\u2019s \\u201cSquid Game\\u201d to the top of Netflix\'s charts worldwide.

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