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The TTP Question Is Testing the Taliban’s Five-Year Record in Power

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Five years after the Afghan Taliban returned to power, the central question is no longer simply whether they can retain control of Kabul. They have demonstrated that they can maintain control through a highly centralized security structure. The more consequential question is what kind of Afghanistan that control has produced, and whether the policies pursued […]

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TTP Crackdown in Afghanistan Raises Question of Lasting Taliban Policy Shift

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The Afghan Taliban have reportedly intensified pressure on Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) networks in several parts of Afghanistan over the past three weeks, with multiple sources claiming that around 20 TTP commanders and supporters have been arrested. The reported arrests span Kabul, Khost, Paktika, Kunar, Ghazni, Maidan Wardak, Kandahar and Uruzgan. However, the claims have not

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AFF Rocket Attack Hits Taliban Governor’s Office in Badakhshan

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An overnight rocket attack targeted the Taliban governor’s office and a nearby security checkpoint in Faizabad, the capital of Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province, with four Taliban members reportedly killed and five others wounded. The Afghan Liberation Front (FLF) said in a statement Thursday that its fighters carried out the attack late Wednesday, August 19, striking Taliban

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The Intelligence War Is Becoming Pakistan’s Decisive Counterterrorism Front

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The most important counterterrorism operation is often the one that never becomes a headline. An explosive device discovered before detonation, a terrorist hideout identified before an assault, a suicide attacker intercepted before reaching a target, or a planned operation disrupted before its execution may appear uneventful to the public. For the security institutions involved, however, such

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Sanjavi: Terrorists Strike Vital Water Infrastructure, Dry Dam Blown Up in Blast

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A dry dam located in Killi Sailara, in the Sanjavi area, was destroyed in an overnight explosive attack carried out by approximately six to seven terrorists, according to preliminary information. The terrorists reportedly targeted the dry dam during the night and used explosive material to destroy the structure, causing significant damage to an important piece

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Afghanistan in Crisis: US Aid, Daesh, TTP and Pakistan’s New Security Challenge

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Shamim Shahid Afghanistan has entered another defining phase in its troubled modern history. Five years after the Taliban returned to power in Kabul, the country remains caught between humanitarian desperation, international isolation, terrorism, political uncertainty and a growing regional security crisis. The latest reports emerging from the United States and the United Nations raise questions

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Dalbandin: Fitna al-Hindustan Sets Goods Truck Ablaze, Seizes Two More

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Elements affiliated with Fitna al-Hindustan (FAH) have once again demonstrated their disregard for civilian life, livelihoods, and economic activity by stopping three goods trucks near Charsar, Dalbandin, in an incident that disrupted commercial movement and caused significant concern among local transporters and communities. According to preliminary information, FAH elements intercepted three goods trucks travelling in

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Security Forces Foil Illegal Checkpoint Attempt by Fitna al-Hindustan in Mastung, Neutralize Two Operatives

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Security forces successfully foiled an attempt by Fitna al-Hindustan (FAH) operatives to establish an illegal checkpoint near Zakir Hotel in the Paringabad area of Mastung, during a routine surveillance operation, resulting in the neutralization of two operatives and the recovery of a vehicle used by the group. According to preliminary information, security personnel conducting routine

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Is China’s Afghan Gateway Slipping Out of Control?

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The rapidly deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province is emerging as a significant strategic concern for China, with growing implications for the security of its Xinjiang frontier, the proposed Wakhan Corridor connectivity project, the safety of Chinese nationals and commercial interests, and Beijing’s broader engagement with Afghanistan under the Belt and Road framework.

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