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Afghanistan, Terror Networks, and a Fracturing Region: Inside Pakistan’s Stark Warning at the UN and the Quiet Power Struggle Behind It

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(Zahir Shah Sherazi) In recent discussions at the United Nations Security Council and subsequent commentary from Pakistani officials, a renewed spotlight has been placed on the evolving security situation in Afghanistan and its wider regional implications. Pakistan’s representatives have reiterated long-standing concerns about cross-border militancy, highlighting alleged sanctuaries of militant groups inside Afghanistan and calling […]

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The Road to Geneva Runs Through Islamabad

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In international politics, the most consequential developments are often those that occur away from television cameras and dramatic headlines. Diplomacy rarely announces itself with fanfare. Instead, it advances through discreet conversations, patient negotiations, strategic calculations, and the willingness of nations to choose dialogue over confrontation. As reports continue to circulate about a possible diplomatic engagement

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State Within a State? Policing, Parallel Power Structures, and the Fragile Security Order in Lakki Marwat and Southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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(Mushtaq Yusufzai) The security situation in Lakki Marwat and the wider southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has once again brought into sharp focus a question that has long troubled policymakers, security analysts, and local communities alike: why does the policing system appear so weak in these areas, and how have parallel power structures emerged that

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Guns, Assassinations and a Burning Police Station: And Why Pakistan Cannot Afford to Stay Silent

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(Shamim Shahid) The security landscape in the region is once again entering a deeply unsettling phase. Recent developments from Kurram to Kandahar, and from the rugged tribal frontiers to the volatile provinces of Afghanistan, suggest not isolated incidents but interconnected symptoms of a broader and more complex crisis. The attack on a police station in

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Myths vs Realities: Is Pakistan’s Defence Budget Really As High As Its Critics Claim?

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(Aqeel Yousafzai) Let me begin with the budget because that is where every honest conversation about Pakistan‘s future must begin. Not with the headlines, not with the political theatre, and certainly not with the carefully polished press releases that tell us everything is under control. Begin with the numbers, read between the lines, and the

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Can Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Still Stop the Bloodshed, Or Is It Already Too Late?

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(Arif Yousafzai)    For more than two decades, I have been tracking the Taliban, Al-Qaeda, and the constellation of militant organizations that have carved their influence across Pakistan’s northwest. I have watched them rise, retreat, regroup, and return stronger, smarter, and more determined each time. I say this not to boast of experience, but to

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Behind Every Bomb in Pakistan Lies an Afghan Hand: How a Starving Nation Became the World’s Most Dangerous Terror Factory

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(Arshad Aziz Malik) There is a pattern that no one in power wants to openly acknowledge, yet one that is staring us all in the face with brutal, undeniable clarity. Look carefully at the last ten, twelve, fifteen suicide bombings and conventional attacks that have shaken Pakistan’s tribal belt, its garrison towns, its checkposts, and

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Why Pakistan’s Counterterrorism Response Must Be Matched by Internal Action

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Recent developments along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border have once again brought regional security concerns to the forefront. Pakistan’s precision strikes against terrorist infrastructure inside Afghanistan came after a deadly attack on a security post in Hassan Khel, near Peshawar. The strikes followed a period during which Pakistan exercised considerable restraint despite a series of terrorist attacks

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From Bannu to Peshawar: Why Pakistan Has Reached a Defining Moment in Its Fight Against Terrorism

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(Fida Adeel) The already fragile relationship between Pakistan and Afghanistan appears to be entering a new and more dangerous phase of tension, shaped by cross-border militancy, retaliatory airstrikes, and a deepening trust deficit between the two neighbours. Recent developments particularly an attack on a Frontier Corps (FC) post in the Peshawar region and Pakistan’s subsequent

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