The resurgence of terrorism in Balochistan under the banner of the so-called Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) underscores one of Pakistan’s most complex internal security challenges. At the centre of this violent network stands Bashir Zeb, also known as Bashir Zaib a man who has come to personify the militant brand of separatism that has brought […]
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In the complex tapestry of militancy that has plagued the Afghanistan-Pakistan frontier for decades, few figures have loomed as persistently as Hafiz Gul Bahadur. Once a name confined to the rugged valleys of North Waziristan, Bahadur has now re-emerged as a pivotal actor in the region’s terror resurgence an old warlord revitalized by the chaos
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From a security standpoint, the case for an American return to Bagram is unmistakable. Since the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan in 2021, militant networks have re-emerged and reorganized across the country. Al-Qaeda’s senior leadership, long scattered across the Afghanistan-Pakistan border regions, resurfaced in Kabul culminating in the 2022 drone strike that killed Ayman
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When Kabul fell to the Taliban in August 2021, few nations felt the tremors more directly than Pakistan. For Islamabad, the Taliban’s resurgence was not merely a shift in Afghanistan’s political landscape it was the return of a force with deep ideological, cultural, and historical ties to its own frontier regions. Yet, amid global finger-pointing
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Fresh clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan have plunged bilateral relations to a new low, as Pakistan’s decisive military response to cross-border aggression has not only repelled multiple attacks but also reasserted its control along key border sectors. The confrontation began three days ago after reports emerged of alleged Pakistani air operations near Kabul, which Afghan
For decades, Pakistan’s Army has been accused of being a “force for hire,” dispatched to faraway deserts for the right price, subcontracting security in exchange for aid and favors. But such labels miss the deeper truth. When the Muslim world has faced existential crises from the burning streets of Amman in 1970, to the missile-scarred
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Donald Trump’s announcement this week that the United States is “trying to get Bagram back” has jolted a debate many in Washington hoped to bury after the 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan. Standing beside British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Trump described the decision to abandon America’s largest Afghan airfield as a strategic disaster, not because of
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The emergence of social media has redefined the dynamics of human interaction, collapsing geographical distances and creating unprecedented opportunities for global communication. These platforms, while hailed for their capacity to connect societies, have simultaneously evolved into powerful instruments of extremist exploitation. Terrorist groups, once restricted to limited channels of traditional media, now thrive in the
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Few countries in the modern era have endured as much violence, instability, and external interference as Afghanistan. For more than four decades, the country has remained a battlefield of competing ideologies, foreign interventions, and internal conflicts. The consequences of this protracted turmoil have been devastating not only for Afghanistan itself but also for its neighbors,
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The specter of terrorism that once haunted the rugged tribal belts of Pakistan has now morphed into a transnational menace, with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) at its vanguard. What was once confined to the harsh mountains of the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) has spilled into Pakistan’s urban centers, injecting fear into every strata
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