South Asia Times

Security & Counter Terrorism

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The Fall of ISIS’s Shadow Commander

SAT Commentary May 16, 2026

On May 28, 1998, Pakistan announced that it had successfully conducted five nuclear tests

The Silent Sentinel—Why Pakistan Chose the Nuclear Path

SAT Commentary May 15, 2026

Russian Security Council Secretary Sergei Shoigu addresses SCO officials in Bishkek while warning against renewed foreign military infrastructure in Afghanistan.

The Gathering Storm: Russia’s Warning on Afghanistan and the Implications for Regional Security

SAT Commentary May 14, 2026

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Fitna al-Khawarij: Barbaric Enemies of Pakistan and Islam

SAT Commentary May 14, 2026

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Promotion of Vice and Prevention of Virtue, Afghan Women Becoming Faceless and Voiceless Shadows

SAT Commentary May 13, 2026

The Real Culprits Getting Exposed: BLA Unmasked as a Terror Network, Not a Separatist Movement

SAT Commentary May 8, 2026

Pakistan’s precise responses against cross-border terrorism uphold IHL principles of distinction and precaution while countering Taliban safe havens.

Taliban Militarization of Civilian Infrastructure: Legal Violations, Broken Promises and Propaganda in the Afghanistan-Pakistan Conflict

SAT Commentary May 7, 2026

Afghan-backed terror silences another Pakistani scholar

Assassination of Sheikh-ul-Hadith Maulana Muhammad Idris Trangzai

SAT Commentary May 5, 2026

Taliban ideological shift

Remaking of Afghanistan: From National to General

SAT Web Administrator May 4, 2026