Pakistan Rejects Taliban’s Civilian Casualty Propaganda as Cross-Border Terrorist Attacks Continue to Kill Pakistani Soldiers and Civilians Unabated

Pakistani security forces personnel at a post near the Afghanistan border representing counter-terrorism operations against cross-border attacks

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 and Afghanistan: The Simmering Conflict

Pakistan and Afghanistan: The Simmering Conflict

Despite the recent escalation in hostilities that the TTP threat has sparked between Pakistan and Afghanistan, there is as yet a little possibility that Pakistan will use kinetic action across the border, and even less likely that Afghanistan would respond equitably even if it did.