Resistance Surges in Eastern Afghanistan as Taliban Security Fractures
Heavy armed clashes in the eastern provinces of Nuristan and Kunar have exposed severe vulnerabilities within the Taliban’s security architecture. Operational reports confirm that anti-regime forces launched coordinated strikes against fortified posts across Kamdesh and Gurdash. The intense fighting resulted in at least nine Taliban personnel killed, eleven wounded, and nine captured or missing. The […]
Governance Breakdown and Security Challenges in KP
The sharp escalation of terrorist attacks across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has exposed severe structural vulnerabilities within the province’s security apparatus. Frontline police personnel and local law enforcement face relentless targeting from militant groups operating along the western border region. This surge in violence has ignited intense political debate regarding the capability and commitment of the provincial […]
Afghan Resistance Challenges Taliban Control
Heavy armed clashes in northeastern Afghanistan have exposed severe vulnerabilities in the Taliban regime’s provincial security apparatus. Recent counter-attacks by the Afghanistan Freedom Front in Kamdesh district of Nuristan and Nari district of Kunar directly repelled Taliban assaults. Despite deploying heavy ground forces and military drones, regime troops failed to dislodge resistance positions and lost […]
Governor Rule Looms Over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Security Crisis
Governor Rule Looms Over Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Security Crisis
India’s Entry into 6th Generation Fighter Jet: Implications for South Asian Strategic Stability
India’s recent entry into France’s Future Combat Air System (FCAS) signals a major turning point in South Asia’s military-technological trajectory. Since the original Franco-German relationship fell apart in June 2026 over irreconcilable differences on industrial leadership, IP rights, work sharing, and the two companies’ operational needs, Paris is now looking at a bilateral route with […]
Dissecting Taliban Disinformation
The recent statements by Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid represent a transparent attempt to deflect international focus from Kabul’s internal failures. Mujahid claimed that Pakistan’s targeted counter-terrorism operations along the border are aimed at creating an excuse to abandon its commitments under the newly formed Makkah Defence Alliance. This absurd conspiracy theory is designed to […]
Decoding Pakistan’s GTI Ranking
The release of the Global Terrorism Index (GTI) 2026 by the Institute for Economics and Peace has generated significant discussion regarding Pakistan’s top position. However, observers must not misread this metric as an indicator of state capability, governance, or support for extremism. The GTI specifically measures the physical impact of violence on a population, aggregating […]
Pakistan’s Enduring Commitment to Peaceful Nuclear Science
Pakistan’s nuclear programme, its exclusion from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the uneasy strategic equilibrium with India are the three key elements which helped shape Pakistan’s nuclear status in the international perception. But this dominant narrative hides another, however much less discussed: the seventy-year civilian nuclear program that has been developed, from the very […]
Is Pakistan a Dynastic State for Bureaucracy?
A familiar refrain echoes through our drawing rooms, our television panels, and our social media timelines: that Pakistan has been looted and distorted by its politicians, and that the legislature is the theatre in which the national tragedy unfolds. This is a seductive narrative, and like all seductive narratives, it is only half true. The […]