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Your go-to editorial hub for policy perspectives and informed analysis on pressing regional and global issues.
Afghanistan
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Cracks Are Splitting the Taliban Leadership Wide Open, and Kandahar Knows It

Leaked audio, purged commanders, and a supreme leader warning his own regime could collapse from within reveal a movement fracturing faster than it can hide

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Once separated by Cold War rivalries and competing alliances, Pakistan and Russia are increasingly finding common ground in energy, connectivity, counterterrorism, and regional diplomacy, symbolized by their national flags displayed together.
Policy Dialogues
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IRS, University of World Civiliations Boost Momentum for Pakistan-Russia Ties

On July 9, 2026, the Institute of Regional Studies (IRS), Islamabad, and the University of World Civilizations (UWCM), Moscow, successfully convened the second event in

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Netanyahu's greater Israel dream
Middle East and North Africa (MENA)
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Pakistan and Allies have Stopped the Greater Israel Project from Becoming a Reality

The idea of an Israel extending beyond its internationally recognized borders did not originate in October 2023. It has existed for decades within Revisionist Zionist

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Diplomacy & geopolitics
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Empathy Is Not Partisanship: Pakistan Stands With Iran the Way Peacemakers Must

When Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Field Marshal Asim Munir, and Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi arrived in Tehran on 4 July 2026 to attend the

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Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations
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The Amir’s Order Cannot Be Questioned: Why the Taliban’s Doctrine of Blind Obedience Cannot Justify Threats Against Pakistan

A theological and legal deconstruction of the Taliban’s absolutist military decrees under classical Hanafi jurisprudence and scriptural texts. When Sheikh Abdulhadi Hemat, head of the

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Editorial Picks
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The Islamabad International Conference on the Indus Waters Treaty and the Defense of Pakistan’s Sovereignty

Critical analysis of the June 2026 international conference, exposing India’s structural water fluctuations, international arbitration verdicts, and the weaponization of transboundary waterways. The daylong international

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Paramilitary soldiers and police officers stand guard on a road cordoned off near the site of an attack by an armed group at the provincial headquarters of the paramilitary Pakistan Rangers in Karachi, Pakistan, on June 28, 2026 [Ali Raza/AP]
Editorial Picks
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The Architecture of Coercive Information: How Selective Outrage Sanitizes the Afghan Terror Ecosystem

Analyzing how compromised remote monitors and selective humanitarian reporting amplify Taliban-vetted propaganda while ignoring the structural embedding of transnational terror networks. The international community’s response

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The Accountability Asymmetry: How UNAMA’s Selective Reporting Sanitizes Afghan-Based Terror Infrastructure

How selective reporting and Taliban intimidation turn international assistance missions into a propaganda shield for cross-border terror networks. The United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan

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Counter-Terrorism
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BBC Urdu Does Not Need Bullets to Target Pakistan, Its Words Do the Job

The line between editorial independence and deliberate narrative construction is crossed when a media outlet consistently softens the identity of violent actors while structurally undermining

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