Pakistan, firm in its resolve to eradicate terrorism and restore peace, stands at a decisive moment in its national journey. It has seen decades of both negotiation and military operations in its tribal and border regions. While operations have brought short-term security, the long-term strategy remains dangerously undefined. The time has come to rethink our […]
Pakistan’s security landscape is unraveling faster than we dare admit. What was once seen as local insurgency, centred in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan, has morphed into a sprawling, interconnected conflict involving foreign intelligence agencies, ideological proxies, criminal syndicates, and systemic institutional failures. As the attacks mount and the blood flows, our response remains fragmented
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Rameen Raana Marwat While technology has made human life more modern, fast-paced, and convenient, its role on the battlefield has turned it into a weapon that resembles a double-edged sword. On one side, it provides convenience, advancement, and defensive superiority; on the other, it fuels destruction, deception, and empowers non-state actors. In a country like
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Zahir Shah Shirazi The recent revelations by former Afghan Army Deputy Chief and Intelligence Chief General Sami Sadat should serve as a wake-up call for Pakistan’s security establishment. In a startling admission, General Sadat acknowledged that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan is receiving funding from India and that this money is being used to
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Fida Adeel The flames of militancy have returned to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and this time, they are fiercer, deeper, and more widespread than before. From Bannu, Lakki Marwat, and Tank to Dera Ismail Khan, Bajaur, Khyber, and even the distant valleys of Chitral, the province is witnessing a grave collapse in internal security. This is not
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As Russia becomes the first country to formally recognize the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, a tectonic shift in regional geopolitics is underway. Moscow’s decision has not only revived the Taliban’s diplomatic hopes but also raised questions about who will follow next. Meanwhile, across the border in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), the security situation is deteriorating
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Arif Yousafzai The recent surge in terrorist attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) is not an isolated spike in violence it is a symptom of a deepening crisis that exposes the paralysis of the provincial and federal governments in the face of a resurgent militancy. In just the past few days, 13 security personnel were martyred
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The resurgence of terrorism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) is not an isolated phenomenon, it is a direct consequence of the unchecked and expanding presence of international terrorist organisations based in neighboring Afghanistan. As of now, groups like Daesh-Khurasan, TTP (Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan), Al-Qaeda, and the Turkistan Islamic Party have not only found safe haven in Afghanistan
Aqeel Yousafzai As the Afghan soil continues to incubate a lethal cocktail of international terrorist organisations, the burden of regional instability is again falling squarely on Pakistan’s shoulders. The resurgence of Al-Qaeda, the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP), Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Turkestan Islamic Party (TIP), and other extremist factions in Afghanistan is not
In the shadowy world of hybrid warfare, few operations have been as meticulously planned and dangerously executed as Project Gidon-Esha, an alleged covert alliance between India’s RAW and Israel’s Mossad with a singular objective: to fragment Pakistan from within, destabilise its key regions, and obstruct the emergence of a stable, sovereign pivot between China, Central
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