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Review: “Gender Harm: Women Police and Climate Security” by Namra Humza

Climate change can’t be experienced as a gender-neutral crisis. Droughts, floods, economic decline, displacement, and environmental insecurity affect entire communities; however, their consequences aren’t equally distributed across social groups. For women, living within deep-rooted patriarchal structures, climate carnage delivers a tidal blow to a second layer of insecurity, encompassing displacement, loss of privacy, sexual violence, […]

Escalating Internal Resistance Shatters Taliban Governance Claims

The rapid expansion of organized armed resistance across multiple Afghan provinces demonstrates the profound fragility and deteriorating authority of the ruling Taliban regime in Kabul. Anti-Taliban coalitions, including the Afghanistan United Front, National Resistance Front, and National Independence Front, have significantly escalated coordinated operations against military installations, intelligence headquarters, and administrative centers. This widening wave […]

Habeas Corpus Answers Enforced Disappearance Claims in Pakistan

On the morning of 23 July 2026, District and Sessions Judge Abdul Hakeem Kakar set out from Quetta for the sessions court in Mastung. He never reached it. Gunmen on the national highway opened fire on his vehicle, took his life and his guard’s life and seriously wounded a fellow judge, Tariq Lashari. The bullets […]

Resource Curse

Afganistan is becoming a classic case of the resource curse. Riven with factional fighting and reliant on a conflict economy, the theories of the resource curse are highly applicable to Afghanistan, presenting a gloomy prognosis of its economic and political future. Despite the much-touted claims of $1 trillion in untapped mineral potential, Afghanistan has failed […]

Pakistan at the IAEA Board of Governors: A 2026 Review

The International Atomic Energy Agency’s Board of Governors met four times through 2026. Each session carried its own weight. Together, they reveal how Pakistan positions itself within the Agency’s most consequential decision-making forum. The year began with urgency. On 2 March, the Board convened a special session. Russia had requested it. The subject was the […]

Afghan Irredentism

Pakistan’s relations with Afghanistan have remained hostage to Afghan irredentism, which is a consequence of deep-seated historical animosities. The antipathy towards Pakistan was engendered through a false sense of entitlement about areas of Pakistan that in the past had once supposedly been part of Afghanistan. Generations in Afghanistan have been reared on a distorted version […]

Houthi Strike on Madinah Power Station Crosses Red Line

The Houthi militia’s drone attack on the Taibah power distribution station in Madinah on September 29, 2026, marks a dangerous escalation in Middle Eastern security dynamics. By directly targeting a vital civilian facility supplying electricity to the Holy Prophet’s (PBUH) Mosque, the militia has expanded its operational reach far beyond Yemen’s domestic theater. This reckless […]

The Recurring Threat to Makkah: From 2017 to the September 2026 Crisis

Research › SAT Briefs › Issue 01 SAT Brief · Issue 01 · October 2026 Twice in less than a decade, Houthi weapons have come within reach of Islam’s holiest city. The second time, a new defense pact was tested. By Sumaiyya Kainat  ·  Edited by SAT Research Desk Executive Summary In July 2017, a […]

Emerging Terror Convergence in Kandahar Threatens Regional Stability

Reports revealing a secret operational coordination meeting in Kandahar between BLA leader Bashir Zeb, Hafiz Gul Bahadur, and AQIS leadership mark a dangerous escalation in cross-border terror synergy. This tactical convergence highlights how ethno-separatist outfits and transnational jihadist networks are actively consolidating operational capabilities on Afghan soil. By targeting the Pashtun belt in Balochistan, this […]