
Can Pakistan and Afghanistan Afford Another Cycle of Escalations?
Pakistan conducted a ground operation against the terrorist hideouts of TTP and ISK-Province in Afghanistan and carried out calibrated airstrikes on June 28, 2026, in

Pakistan conducted a ground operation against the terrorist hideouts of TTP and ISK-Province in Afghanistan and carried out calibrated airstrikes on June 28, 2026, in

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

Critical review of the June 2026 cross-border aerial escalations, the collapse of Doha counterterrorism commitments, and the strategic failure of the Afghan Taliban’s asymmetric retaliation

Recent statements by British and European envoys signal a decisive shift in how the West frames Afghanistan-based terrorism, and validate concerns Pakistan has long raised alone

There is a particular kind of evidence that transcends the back-and-forth of competing diplomatic narratives. It does not require expert analysis, intelligence assessments, or the

There is a particular kind of audacity that comes from men who have failed comprehensively at something and then returned, without apparent embarrassment, to lecture

The details of this story are specific enough to be taken seriously and significant enough to demand careful analysis. A Taliban member wounded during border

Let us establish the facts before anything else, because Zalmay Khalilzad’s intervention on X depends entirely on the audience not doing precisely that. Afghanistan has

The official visit of UK Parliamentary Under-Secretary Hamish Falconer to Islamabad marks a crucial shift in how the international community addresses the volatile security dynamics

When Russia speaks at the United Nations Security Council, it does so with the full weight of a permanent member whose assessments carry institutional consequence.