Pakistan Rejects Taliban’s Civilian Casualty Propaganda as Cross-Border Terrorist Attacks Continue to Kill Pakistani Soldiers and Civilians Unabated
There is a pattern so predictable it has become almost mechanical. Pakistan conducts a strike against a terrorist hideout on Afghan soil. The Taliban regime, within hours, issues statements about civilian casualties. International attention briefly shifts to the optics of the strike. And the underlying reality that Afghanistan continues to serve as a launchpad for […]
Pakistan Pushes Back as US Congressional Body Prejudges Ongoing Domestic Legal Proceedings Over Imaan Mazari Case
When the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission chose to weigh in on the ongoing legal proceedings against Imaan Mazari and Hadi Ali Chattha, describing the case as a secret conviction and a denial of justice, it did what such bodies increasingly do: it adopted the language and framing of one side of a contested legal […]
Russia Acknowledges TTP and ISIS-K Terrorism Emanating From Afghanistan at UN Security Council Briefing
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. The remarks delivered by Russian Deputy Permanent Representative Anna Evstigneeva during a UNSC briefing on Afghanistan are therefore not a routine diplomatic formality but a significant data point in the […]
Pakistan, Russia, and the Architecture of a New Eurasia
As the old order fractures under the weight of multipolarity, Islamabad and Moscow are quietly rewriting the terms of a relationship once buried beneath Cold War rubble.
ISSI-UWC Joint Webinar Examines Pakistan-Russia Bilateral Relations Amid Shifting Global Order
The joint webinar organized by the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad and the University of World Civilizations named after V.V. Zhirinovsky, scheduled for 9 June 2026, arrives at a moment of considerable geopolitical consequence. Titled Pakistan and Russia: Bilateral Relationship at the Cusp of Shifting Global Order, the event is not merely an academic exchange; […]
UK MPs Amplify Activist Claims Over Facts
When over thirty British Members of Parliament, led by Imran Hussain, wrote to the UK Foreign Secretary expressing concern over developments in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, they no doubt believed they were championing a righteous cause. Letters of this kind invoking communication restrictions, arrests, and public unrest carry a certain moral weight in the theatre […]
Taliban’s Broken Amnesty: A Promise Written in Sand
When the Taliban swept back into Kabul in August 2021, one of their earliest and most loudly broadcast assurances was a general amnesty for all former Afghan National Defense and Security Forces personnel. No soldier, police officer, or government official would face reprisal, they declared. It was a message designed as much for international audiences […]
Afghan Diaspora Rejects Taliban Legitimacy Drive
On 4 June 2026, former Afghan Deputy Speaker Mohammad Asif Siddiqi led a demonstration outside the European Parliament Office in Madrid, joined by Afghan expatriates, women’s rights activists, human rights advocates, and Spanish supporters. The protesters submitted a formal resolution urging European institutions to deny the Taliban political legitimacy, refrain from inviting Taliban representatives to […]
The Unlikely Broker: How Pakistan Rewrote Its Place in Washington’s World
There is a particular irony in watching Pakistan , a country Donald Trump once accused of harbouring terrorists while pocketing American aid, emerge as one of the more consequential diplomatic assets in his second administration. Yet here we are. As Washington and Tehran find themselves locked in one of the most dangerous standoffs of the […]