I don't like the Taliban, but their assertion about ethnic Pashtuns being cut off from their siblings is correct. The Pashtuns of northern Pakistan live in a surveillance state where the military controls most movement:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/27/pakistan-bombs-kabul-why-are-afghanistan-and-pakistan-fighting?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub