No Peace Through Engagement Until Taliban Regime Ends Terror Sanctuaries In Afghanistan
Engagement with the Taliban regime has delivered diplomatic space without verifiable action against terrorist groups operating from Afghan soil. Pakistan has exhausted diplomatic channels, yet cross-border terrorism continues to threaten regional security and stability. The lesson is clear: no amount of dialogue can substitute for action. Meaningful connectivity and lasting peace require the Taliban regime […]
India’s Nuclear Jingoism
India’s nuclear jingoism was on ample display during Operation Marka-i-Haq in May 2025 when it fired dual-use BrahMos cruise missiles with conventional payload, unmindful of the fact that the dangerous caper could have been misconstrued by Pakistani air defenders as a nuclear attack. Despite an agreement on pre-notification of flight testing of ballistic missiles, the […]
Old Habits Die Hard As Kabul Protects TTP Leaders From Pakistani Strikes
Faced with a choice between abandoning its terror proxies and facing Pakistan’s response, the Taliban regime appears to have made its decision. According to security sources, Kabul is not preparing to rein in the militants who strike Pakistan from Afghan soil. It is preparing to hide them. Bracing for strikes, not reform Fearing Pakistan’s air […]
The Externalization of Minority Conflict in India-Pakistan Relations
Minority issues are commonly treated as an internal matter of a state. Then why is there a debate about how an issue that originates inside a state becomes relevant to relations between two states when it comes to India and Pakistan? We can call it the reciprocal externalization of the conflict. The concept, “Reciprocal Externalization […]
Lasers, Jammers And Killer Satellites In DIA’s Warning On China’s Space Arsenal
The US Defense Intelligence Agency has sharpened its warning about China’s ambitions in space. On 26 October, the agency released the 2026 edition of Challenges to Security in Space, with information current to July 2026. Air & Space Forces Magazine, in a report by Greg Hadley on 28 October, was first to report its findings. […]
Whose Suffering Deserves A Headline? Amnesty’s Double Standard
Amnesty International’s latest statement on Imaan Mazari-Hazir and Hadi Ali Chattha is another example of selective outrage dressed up as universal human rights advocacy. Reacting to the couple’s ten-year sentences from an anti-terrorism court, the organisation called the verdict “an indictment of Pakistan’s justice system”. That sweeping judgement raises a fundamental question: why does Amnesty’s […]
Narco-State Exposed As UNODC Data Contradicts Muttaqi
Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi stood before the world and blamed Afghanistan’s neighbours for the region’s drug problem. He pointed fingers, played the victim and insisted his regime had crushed the opium trade. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime has now answered him, and its 2026 survey lands like a slap. The […]
Russia torn between wooing Taliban and protecting Central Asia
Russia is courting the Taliban with one hand and arming the Taliban’s neighbor with the other. Moscow was the first country to recognize the Taliban, a diplomatic coup it has since tried to turn to its advantage. Now it is rushing weapons and border equipment to Tajikistan to guard against threats from Afghan soil. The […]
Washington Cannot Ignore Afghanistan’s Weapons Legacy
A war may end with a military withdrawal, but its weapons can continue fighting long after the soldiers have gone. Five years after the United States withdrew from Afghanistan, American-supplied rifles, night-vision devices, and other military equipment have appeared in the hands of militants attacking Pakistan. Weapons intended to strengthen Afghan security forces are now […]