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Taliban Shooting on Protesters in Yaftal-e-Payan Led to Multiple Deaths and Wounded

The bazaar in Yaftal-e-Payan looked ordinary that morning. Vendors arranged their stalls, women moved between shops, and the rhythm of daily commerce carried on as it had for years. Then, according to local accounts, a woman was stopped and searched by Taliban fighters, and something in that ordinary day broke. Word spread fast through the […]

Drowning: The Overlooked Public Health Emergency

A recently viral CCTV video has deeply shaken many viewers across Bangladesh. The heartbreaking footage captures a young child struggling desperately to stay afloat in a pond, while another child stands helplessly on the bank, crying out in panic and throwing objects into the water in a futile attempt to save the drowning friend. Despite […]

Kashmir after Article 370: Between Constitutional Change and Political Reality

The Indian government’s decision to revoke Article 370 and Article 35A on 5 August 2019 was presented as a historic constitutional reform that would integrate Jammu and Kashmir into the Indian Union, eliminate militancy, and usher in an era of peace and development. Nearly seven years later, however, the region remains marked by political contestation, […]

India–Taliban Nexus and TTP Leverage against Pakistan

In a significant twist to the evolving narrative surrounding India’s policy towards post-Taliban Afghanistan, former Afghan Interior Minister General Masood Andrabi recently argued that “New Delhi rapidly recalibrated its Afghanistan policy after the fall of the Islamic Republic in August 2021. India has shifted its focus from supporting the former Kabul government to engaging pragmatically […]

Amnesty Questions India-Israel Defense Trade

India’s Afghanistan Gambit: What Delhi Really Wants from Kabul

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s foreign policy reflects a significant shift in India’s strategic outlook. Unlike the traditional image of India as a secular state guided primarily by non-alignment and pragmatic diplomacy, the Modi era has increasingly exhibited ideological and civilisational influences associated with Hindutva. This transformation is visible not only in India’s domestic politics but […]

Another Setback for Taliban Regime as Resistance Operations Intensify in Badakhshan

Since returning to power nearly five years ago, the Taliban have sought to project an image of complete territorial control and internal stability. Through official statements and state media, they consistently portray Afghanistan as secure, unified, and free from organized armed opposition under Taliban rule. However, developments across northern Afghanistan, including the latest claim by […]

A Season of Accusations and Our International Moment

This July added another entry to a growing list of uncomfortable international assessments about Pakistan. The European Commission’s GSP+ monitoring report, covering 2023 to 2025, flagged concerns ranging from forced labour risks to weaknesses in Pakistan’s legal environment. Days later, a UK-based labour rights group released its own account of factory conditions, echoing allegations of […]

Unpacking Interior Minister’s Call for Administrative Reforms

Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s press conference this week touched on a set of issues that Pakistan’s political class has circled around for decades without resolving. And the frankness with which he raised them deserves attention, even if the solutions he floated remain contested. The starting point, population as a tool of provincial leverage, is a […]