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Once a feared global terror network, al-Qaeda’s South Asian branch has been pushed into hiding along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, its strength eroded by relentless counterterrorism operations and the killing of top leaders. The UN warns that to survive, al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) has latched onto Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), even providing suicide bombers, fighters, […]

A landmark Regional Dialogue titled “Towards Unity and Trust” is set to bring together Afghan and Pakistani voices in Islamabad, marking a people-centric effort to counter regional challenges and promote lasting peace. Organized by Women for Afghanistan, SASSI, and partners, the two-day dialogue will gather Afghan civil society representatives, women’s rights activists, journalists, and community

The Taliban administration has been excluded from the upcoming Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China, despite earlier claims by its officials that they would be part of the gathering. China’s Assistant Foreign Minister Liu Bin announced that the summit, scheduled for 31 August to 1 September, will host delegations from over 20 countries

What was meant to be a step towards regional cooperation turned into a fiery diplomatic showdown, as Pakistan and Afghanistan clashed in a high-stakes trilateral dialogue with China forced into the role of mediator. The latest round of trilateral foreign ministers’ dialogue between Pakistan, China, and Afghanistan witnessed tense exchanges behind closed doors, sources confirmed

The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan’s (TTP) narrative of “defending Pashtun rights” is nothing but recycled propaganda used to justify years of bloodshed. Far from being a new development, this deceptive discourse was aggressively pushed in 2018 when Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud took charge of the terror group. In a video message in February 2019, he tried to

Attempts by the Taliban to unite militant factions in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) have failed due to their conflicting agendas, exposing their hollow claims of “protecting the people.” Balochistan-based groups, some of which have received limited facilitation from the East Turkistan Islamic Party, mainly target Chinese investment projects, mega development schemes, and even innocent

The Afghan Taliban government has exposed its fragility by not even attempting to confront militant groups operating inside the country. While issuing hollow decrees asking its fighters not to operate outside Afghanistan and claiming to share intelligence with Pakistan under pressure, the regime has deliberately avoided taking action against groups that are few in number

The Taliban secretly provided Iran’s Revolutionary Guard with a leaked list of Afghans who had worked with Britain, in exchange for a promise to push Tehran toward recognizing their government, according to senior Iranian officials and regional security sources. Officials confirmed that four Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officers traveled to Kabul last week to

Hezb-e-Islami chief Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has launched a blistering attack on the Taliban, accusing them of enforcing a policy of hostility against all political groups and driving Afghanistan into isolation. In a series of posts on X, Hekmatyar warned that Afghanistan has no national unity under Taliban rule, questioning whether Afghans could ever agree on a

Pakistan’s security forces have dealt a major blow to the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), inflicting heavy losses on the group and exposing deep rifts within its Afghan-based backers. According to credible security sources, the recent operation eliminated several Afghan militants operating alongside the TTP inside Pakistan. Their deaths have triggered a bitter tussle among militant