In April 2020, a young woman named Maria Shahbaz exercised the most fundamental of human rights: she made a choice about her own life. She
The US State Department declared the Majeed Brigade a Foreign Terrorist Organization, with the BLA as its armed wing, in 2025. The BLA was originally
A strategic compact between Pakistan and the US is a real possibility, and it needs to be viewed through the lens of American security and
“Terrorism does not need the truth. It needs a story convincing enough that no one thinks to check the truth at all.” The Baloch Liberation
FOR more than sixty-five years, the Indus Waters Treaty (IWT) has stood as one of the world’s renowned, most enduring and successful transboundary water-course division
Utilizing the June 2026 Balochistan and Bajaur drone incursions as a strategic case study to analyze the threat of Taliban-backed aerial platforms and map the
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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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
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
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