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The Spy Within: How Afghan Networks, RAW & Mossad Threaten Pakistan’s Security

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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Is a Military Operation the Real Answer to Rising Extremism?

Opinion / Web Desk

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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Kabul Builds Embassies, KP Counts Bodies, Who Leads This War?

Opinion / Mushtaq Yusufzai

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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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Security Crisis and a Government in Denial

Opinion / Web Desk

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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Afghanistan, Terrorism in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), Reinforcement, external infiltration and internal facilitation, advanced weaponry and propaganda

Afghanistan’s Implosion, Pakistan’s Fallout: A Call for Strategic Resolve and Border Reinforcement

Opinion / Web Desk

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

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Terror from Afghan Soil: Pakistan’s Red Lines, Rising Attacks, and the Case for Decisive Action

Opinion / Web Desk

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

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Project Gidon-Esha, Pakistan, hybrid warfare, India’s RAW and Israel’s Mossad, BLA & BYC

Project Gidon-Esha: How RAW and Mossad Are Waging Hybrid War Inside Pakistan

Opinion / Web Desk

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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TTP’s Declaration of Allegiance to Afghan Emirate Triggers Renewed Hostility, Rising Attacks, and Diplomatic Fallout

Opinion / Web Desk

Fida Adeel In a statement that has reignited long-standing concerns, the Pakistani Taliban’s (TTP) leader Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud declared that TTP is a branch of Amarat-e-Islami, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Coming at a time when Pakistan-Afghanistan relations appeared to be improving after high-level diplomacy, the remarks have cast a shadow over regional

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Silence, Shadows, and Suicide Bombers: Has North Waziristan Been Lost Again?

Opinion / Mushtaq Yusufzai

The twin attacks in North Waziristan one targeting an army convoy in Mir Ali and the other ambushing security personnel in Ghulam Khan have once again shaken the fragile calm of this war-scarred region. In a span of mere minutes, 13 soldiers were martyred, and three civilians were critically injured. In retaliation, security forces killed

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Afghan Soil, Indian Funds, and the War on Pakistan: A Security Crisis Demanding State Resolve

Opinion / Web Desk

Brig (R) Mehmood Shah The recent remarks by Pakistan’s Army Chief, Field Marshal General Syed Asim Munir, characterizing Afghanistan as a brother Islamic country while warning against the chaos festering across both Afghanistan and India, should not be mistaken for routine diplomatic nuance. His words serve as a calculated and timely warning: Pakistan today

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