This week's Gandhara Briefing brings insights into the Pakistani Taliban's aggressive extortion campaign, defiant Afghan parents protesting the Taliban ban on girls' education, and the fate of exiled Afghan journalists in Pakistan.
Scores of Afghan journalists took refuge in neighboring Pakistan as it became clear the Taliban was not going to live up to its pledge to allow free media. But after a year of living in limbo, nearly 200 of those journalists claim they are getting no help in their efforts to find a permanent home.