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Firm on Security, Committed to Diplomacy: Pakistan’s Approach to Afghanistan

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(Arif Yousafzai)  Recent developments in Afghanistan-Pakistan relations underscore the complex interplay between security imperatives and economic interests in South Asia. Pakistan has reiterated a firm position: peace first, negotiations later. Islamabad has made it clear that no formal dialogue or agreements will proceed unless Afghanistan takes practical steps to curb the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) operating […]

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Rising Extremism and Geopolitical Tensions Threaten South Asian Stability

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(Shamim Shahid) The escalating tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan are no longer a bilateral issue confined to two neighboring states. The situation has evolved into a complex regional security challenge with wide-ranging implications for trade, diplomacy, and stability across South and Central Asia. Recent developments indicate that the crisis now involves multiple international stakeholders, including

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Indo–Taliban Nexus Tends to Turn Trade into a Political Weapon Against Pakistan

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Muhammad Haseenullah After aligning with India on initiatives to restrict water flow into Pakistan through dams on the Kunar River, the Taliban’s fresh attempts to pivot Afghanistan’s trade toward India and Iran reveal a politically driven agenda that is ambitious to the point of being almost impossible. Industry and Commerce Minister Nooruddin Azizi’s visit to

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As Afghan Taliban Shield TTP, Regional Stability and Major Trade Corridors Stand on the Brink

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(Zahir Shah Sherazi) The resurgence of terrorism in the Afghanistan–Pakistan belt has once again exposed a harsh geopolitical reality: if the Afghan Taliban cannot or will not act decisively against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), militancy will inevitably spill across borders and endanger the region from South Asia to Central Asia. Despite repeated assurances from Kabul,

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Peace First, Then Trade: Pakistan-Afghanistan Tensions Persist as Taliban Reject Islamabad’s Position

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Pakistan’s current policy priority is unambiguous, peace must come first, and only then can trade resume. After the incidents of 11 and 12 October, Pakistan closed all border points with Afghanistan, drawing a clear line that without security stability, and without an end to cross border infiltration and attacks, normalisation is impossible. As long as

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Region Watches Closely as Taliban’s Impulsive Decisions Deepen Pakistan Afghanistan Tensions

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For months the relationship between Pakistan and the Afghan Taliban has been strained by mistrust, miscommunication and persistent cross border militancy. Now Russia has joined Iran, China and Turkey in proposing to mediate between the two countries. This development has created new debate about whether outside facilitation can lower tensions or whether deeper political issues

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From Border Strife to Regional Crisis: The TTP Threat and Pakistan-Afghanistan Tensions

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(Shamim Shahid)  The simmering tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan have entered a new, perilous phase. What began as a bilateral dispute has now morphed into a complex regional and security challenge, drawing the attention of major powers like Russia and Iran, and threatening stability across South and Central Asia. The stakes have never been higher.

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KP Government Moves to Withdraw Action in Aid of Civil Power Amid Rising Terror Threats

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The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government’s decision to revoke Action in Aid of Civil Power raises alarming questions at a time when the province is once again facing a growing militant threat. The move, by implication, sends the army back to the barracks or to border duties, a step that is bound to carry serious consequences for

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The Reality KP Must Face, Security Needs Strength Not Symbolism

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The Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Sohail Afridi, has issued new policy guidelines on peace and security while chairing his first cabinet meeting. These guidelines repeat the demand that the federal government implement KP’s resolutions on law and order, a demand earlier voiced during what was termed an Aman Jirga in the provincial assembly. Although

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Trade, Terror and Tension: The Complex KP Afghanistan Moment

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The first cabinet meeting under Chief Minister Sohail Afridi in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has set the stage for a series of critical decisions that could shape the province’s security and its trade relations with Afghanistan. The most significant move was the cabinet’s approval to withdraw the law of Action in Aid to Civil Powers—a law enabling

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