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Afghanistan After 5 Years of Taliban Rule: Peace on the Surface, Pressure Beneath and a Future Still Ready to Turn Dangerous

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(Shamim Shahid)  When Afghanistan’s ruling authorities assert that the country has finally achieved “complete peace,” the statement sounds reassuring on the surface. After more than four decades of continuous conflict—Soviet occupation, civil war, the rise of the Taliban, the U.S.-led intervention after 9/11, and two decades of insurgency any claim of stability naturally attracts global

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Hidden Power Struggles Inside the Taliban, Secret Rivalries Between Kandahar and Kabul, and the Looming Shock That Could Reshape the Region

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(Fida Adeel) Afghanistan today stands at a delicate and increasingly uncertain intersection of politics, ideology, and governance. On the surface, the country appears to be under consolidated control following the return of the Taliban to power. Yet beneath this appearance lies a far more complicated reality one shaped by internal divisions, competing power centers, ideological

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Pakistan Was Right About Afghan-Based Terrorism, The Region Is Finally Catching Up

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For years, Pakistan’s warnings about terrorist sanctuaries operating from Afghan soil were often dismissed as routine diplomatic complaints or bilateral grievances. Today, however, I believe the situation has evolved to a point where much of the international community is beginning to recognize what Pakistan has been saying all along: terrorism in Afghanistan is no longer

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Why Is Moscow Moving Closer to the Taliban and What Does It Mean for South Asia?

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(Shamim Shahid) In a region where symbolism often carries as much weight as formal agreements, the recent defense-related understanding between Russia and Afghanistan has attracted considerable attention across South and Central Asia. The agreement, reportedly signed during a visit to Moscow by Afghanistan’s acting Defense Minister Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, may not yet have revealed all

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Moscow’s Quiet Move in Kabul: Is a Covert Security Understanding With the Taliban Opening a New Front in Asia’s Great Power Game

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(Mushtaq Yusufzai) The recent developments emerging from Pakistan’s coastal Balochistan province and the evolving diplomatic engagement between Russia and Afghanistan represent more than isolated events. They are, in fact, reflections of a broader and increasingly complex security environment that stretches from the Arabian Sea to Central Asia. The attempted attack on a university in Gwadar

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The Missing Man, the Suicide Allegation, and the Quetta Case That Could Redefine Everything We Thought We Knew

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(Irfan Khan)  The aftermath of the Quetta blast has once again pushed Pakistan into a familiar but deeply unsettling cycle one where tragedy, political narratives, intelligence claims, and competing versions of truth collide in the public sphere. At the center of this latest storm is a name that has now become symbolic of broader questions:

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The Western Border of Pakistan: Structural Drivers of Instability and the Search for an Integrated Security Doctrine

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 (Zahir Shah Sherazi) The western frontier of Pakistan has become one of the most consequential security theatres in South Asia. Stretching across rugged terrain and porous mountain corridors, the borderlands adjoining Afghanistan represent not only a geographic boundary but also a complex security ecosystem shaped by militancy, governance gaps, regional rivalries, and evolving geopolitical competition.

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Quetta’s Bleeding Wound and the Expanding Theatre of Hybrid Terror: Pakistan’s Coming Security Reckoning

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(Arshad Aziz Malik) The latest explosion in Quetta has once again exposed a grim reality that Pakistan can no longer afford to treat as episodic violence. It is not an isolated act of terror, nor a routine security incident that will fade into the background after a cycle of condemnation and investigation. Instead, it represents

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Between Kabul and Quetta: Terror Claims, Hidden Alliances, and the Quiet Collapse of Regional Security Narratives

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(Zahir Shah Sherazi) The evolving discourse around Afghanistan’s security landscape and its regional implications has once again returned to the center of South Asian geopolitical debate. Recent remarks attributed to Britain’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, Richard Lindsay, highlighting concerns over the presence and alleged use of militant networks in Afghanistan, have added fresh momentum to

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Jaffer Express Massacre Before Departure Was This a Random Strike or the Result of a Carefully Protected Information Chain

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(Mushtaq Yusufzai) The attack on the Jaffer Express before Eid was not merely another terrorist incident in Pakistan’s long and painful history of violence. It was a calculated message. A message written in blood, fear, and timing. Once again, ordinary Pakistanis travelling to celebrate Eid with their families became soft targets in a conflict that

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