Yusufzai Aqib

How Reviving Bagram Could Rebalance the War on Terror?

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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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Standing Firm on the Frontier: Pakistan’s Resolve Amid Afghan Turmoil

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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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What Sparked the Pakistan-Afghanistan Confrontation and How Did Pakistan Reassert Control Along the Border?

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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

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Is the Future of Global Power Being Written on Bagram’s Runway?

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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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From Hashtags to Hatred: The Global Threat of Terrorism on Social Media

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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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Afghanistan’s Turmoil and Its Unending Impact on Pakistan

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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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Afghan Sanctuaries and the Enduring Threat of TTP to Pakistan’s Security

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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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Twenty-Five Years After 9/11: The Taliban’s Return and America’s Counterterrorism Illusion

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Nearly twenty-five years have passed since the September 11 attacks shook the United States, reshaped global security, and triggered what was hailed as the most coordinated counterterrorism campaign in history. In that time, America has waged wars, toppled regimes, killed or captured al-Qaeda’s masterminds, and driven the so-called Islamic State from its strongholds. Yet the

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