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From Battlefield to Diplomacy: How Pakistan Rewrote the Rules of Power After Marka-e-Haq

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As far as I see it, Pakistan gained from Marka-e-Haq and lost nothing. There is an old doctrine in strategic thinking that wars, despite destruction, also create opportunities. Everything depends on whether a nation’s leadership possesses the vision and courage to convert conflict into strategic advantage. In my opinion, Pakistan’s military and political leadership succeeded […]

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When Peace Was Finally Within Reach: The Assassination That Silenced Secret Pakistan–Afghanistan Talks and Exposed a Hidden War Behind the War

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(Shamim Shahid) The assassination of religious scholar Sheikh Idris is not merely another tragic incident in the long and bloodstained history of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is a message. A warning. A reminder that whenever even a faint possibility of peace emerges between Pakistan and Afghanistan, forces hidden in the shadows move swiftly to sabotage it.

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Terror, Talks, and Tension: What Sheikh Idris’s Killing Reveals

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Whenever such a tragic incident, like Sheikh Idris’s killing, occurs, the motive behind it is rarely ambiguous. It is almost always rooted in the intent to spread fear, to create chaos, and to inject instability into an already fragile environment. In the case of Sheikh Idrees’ assassination in Charsadda, the group that has claimed responsibility,

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Guns, Generals, and Ghost Networks: The Secret Calculations Behind Pakistan’s Security Huddle and a Killing That Could Redraw the Region

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(Irfan Khan) In South Asia’s already complex security landscape, moments of official high-level deliberation often become more than routine bureaucratic exercises they become signals, interpretations, and sometimes, battlegrounds of perception. The recent Corps Commander Conference in Pakistan, coupled with the ongoing investigation into the assassination of a religious scholar, Maulana Muhammad Idrees, has triggered exactly

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Inside Afghanistan’s Information Blackout: IS-K Allegations, Poison Rumors, and a Power Structure Struggling for Certainty

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(Mushtaq Yusufzai) In recent days, once again, Pakistan–Afghanistan relations have entered a phase of renewed tension, triggered by fresh allegations and counter-allegations, particularly regarding the presence and alleged facilitation of the Islamic State–Khorasan Province (IS-K). As someone who has followed this region closely for decades, I believe these developments cannot be understood through isolated statements

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The War Behind the War: The Secret Money, Hidden Networks, and Dangerous Narratives Driving the Pakistan–Afghanistan Crisis

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(Zahir Shah Sherazi) The worsening tension along the Pakistan–Afghanistan border is not an isolated security problem. It is the visible surface of a much deeper and more complex system one powered by terror financing, geopolitical rivalries, ideological manipulation, and persistent governance failures. What appears today as a series of cross-border incidents, targeted killings, and militant

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The Durand Line Dilemma: A Colonial Frontier, a Modern State, and an Unfinished Geopolitical Argument

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(Moazzam Butt) The debate surrounding the Pak-Afghan border often referred to in historical and political discourse as the Durand Line continues to resurface in regional and international conversations, despite the fact that, from a practical and administrative standpoint, it has functioned as an established international boundary for decades. Much of the disagreement is not rooted

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What Was the Purpose of the Tribal Jirga in KP’s CM House? A Province at Political Fractures, Terrorism, and the Taliban’s Silent Grip

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(Shamim Shahid) In the heart of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a high-stakes Jirga convened at the Chief Minister’s House last week has laid bare the stark realities of governance, political disunity, and security challenges in Pakistan. Convened by Chief Minister KP,  Sohail Afridi, the meeting brought together provincial advisors and key political figures, though four prominent

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Bajaur, North Waziristan's Darpakhel Area, Clashes in Darpakhel, Malik Saifullah Dawar, Pakistan's War on Terror and PTI's Dirty Politics

From Darpakhel to Bajaur: Fear, Silence, and a Dangerous Narrative Battle

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Look, this is not something new, or something happening for the first time in Bajaur, in Waziristan, or in KP’s other districts, rather, these terrorists have been there before, and when they first entered Waziristan, both North and South, the situation was entirely different. At that time, the local population provided them accommodation. They gave

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From Dialogue to Distrust: Why Pakistan-Afghanistan Ties Are Unraveling Again

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The relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan are once again entering a phase of tension, uncertainty, and strategic mistrust, despite multiple rounds of dialogue and diplomatic engagement in recent months. What initially appeared to be a pathway toward stabilization has instead revealed deeper structural issues that continue to drive instability along the border. The situation at

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