Shamim Shahid For months now, the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have paid the price for a governance calculus that treats security as an afterthought. While protests, political posturing and the drama surrounding national leaders dominate headlines and occupy official energy, the province’s streets have grown less safe: hundreds of violent incidents, scores of dead policemen […]
In a shocking incident that once again highlights the persistent threat to Pakistan’s transport infrastructure, a powerful explosion ripped through a section of the railway track near Somerwah, close to Sultan Kot in Shikarpur district, on Tuesday morning. The blast resulted in the derailment of two carriages of the Jaffar Express the passenger train travelling
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A new and undeniable piece of evidence has surfaced, once again exposing the nexus between the the terrorists of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), or Fitna al-Khawarij as declared by the state, and the Afghan Taliban. A video recently circulating on social media shows multiple graves in Afghanistan’s Paktika province adorned with the flags of
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In a country long scarred by the shadows of militancy and the blood-stained outcomes of ongoing war against terror, a powerful and transformative shift is underway. From the rugged mountains of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to the resilient plains of Balochistan, the people of Pakistan, once cautious bystanders, are now stepping forward to become a pivotal force
A former senior United Nations counterterrorism official has warned that the ongoing mass deportation of Afghan refugees from Pakistan and Iran risks becoming a recruitment bonanza for IS-KP, the regional branch of the Islamic State. Hans-Jakob Schindler, a former member of the UN Monitoring Committee on ISIS, al-Qaeda, and the Taliban, told The Media Line
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Well, well, well. If there was ever any doubt about Afghanistan’s role as a safe haven for terrorist organisations, Baitullah Khan Mehsud’s recent detention and alleged execution by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) might just be the best confirmation yet. But sure, let’s keep pretending those Afghan denials of harboring terrorists hold water. Mehsud, a veteran
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has made a groundbreaking move in the pursuit of justice for victims of human rights violations in Afghanistan, adopting a landmark resolution to create an independent mechanism aimed at investigating abuses under Taliban rule. This marks one of the most significant international steps taken since the Taliban’s resurgence
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In what many in Pakistan view as a stunning reversal of both history and ideology, the Afghan Taliban appear to be edging closer to India, their former adversary and one of the main backers of the ousted regime in Kabul. The move is being seen in Islamabad as not just diplomatically troubling, but also a
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A police constable was martyred and a Frontier Constabulary (FC) havaldar injured in a deadly terrorist attack on a checkpost in Dara Adam Khel, Kohat district early Monday, in what officials describe as part of a broader campaign of India-sponsored terrorism targeting KP police. According to police, Constable Hazrat Umar was stationed at the Tor
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Unknown armed men launched a brazen attack on the Judicial Complex in Kharan district of Balochistan on Monday, abducting a judge and setting the building on fire, officials confirmed. According to police, the assailants stormed the complex and kidnapped Qazi Jan Muhammad, who was on duty at the time of the attack. The armed men
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