Pakistani Doctor Muhammad Masood's Attempted ISIS Involvement: A Closer Look

On August 25, a “licensed” Pakistani doctor employed as a research coordinator at a medical clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, was sentenced to 18 years in a U.S. prison. Muhammad Masood, 31, was arrested in March 2020, by ...

TKD EXCLUSIVE: Creeping Ideology; The ‘Generation-Z’ Freelancers of the ISKP

In April of 2023, the Islamic State of Khorasan (ISKP) released a video montage, featuring footage of two significant locations – the Serena Hotel and a Police Facilitation Centre situated in the heart of Islamabad. The video...

TKD ANALYSIS: The Persistent Threat of Islamic State Khorasan (ISKP) Against Jamiat-e-Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) in Bajaur

At least 63 people were killed and more than 200 injured on July 30 after an explosion ripped through the tribal city of Khar in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province’s Bajaur district that borders Afghanistan. The suicide...

The Perplexing Credit Taking Dynamics within Militant Organizations

Early in the morning on July 12, 2023, a group of five militants belonging to the newly founded jihadist group, the Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan (TJP), stormed a garrison post in Balochistan province’s Zhob district.The TJP immed...

Post-Cease Fire: ‘Relocation’ of Pakistani Taliban In Afghanistan Spurs New Hope For Fragile Regional Peace

The spokesperson for the Taliban administration in Afghanistan, Zabiullah Mujahid, has refuted recent media reports claiming that the process of relocating members of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) or the Pakistani Tali...

TKD ECONOMY: LPG from Uzbekistan Awaits Customs Clearance at Pak-Afghan Border

Petroleum Ministry’s official confirms that LPG came from Central Asian country, not RussiaA consignment containing 5,000 tons of Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) from Uzbekistan has arrived in Pakistan via Torkham International...

Who is Rallying Behind the Amalgamation of Militant Outfits in Pakistan?

n 2009, the Ittihadul Mujahideen (The Mujahideen Conglomerate) was pieced together with the efforts of Al-Qaeda. The agreement laced together commander Maulvi Nazir, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) founding leader, Baitullah...

TKD EXCLUSIVE – Who Was Ziauddin aka Mulla Muhammad aka Abu Saad Al-Khorasani?

Hours after a suicide bomber ripped through a busy Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Abu Saad Al-Khorasani of the Islamic State of Khorasan Province (ISKP) not only claimed responsibility for the attack but also ou...

Iqbal Shani Bali Khiara: Pakistan’s Most Wanted Militant Lynchpin Killed

Khiara was a prominent militant commander and planner of several high-profile attacks in Pakistan who used to work for multiple major jihadist outfits in the region. While he had been eluding security forces for years, he was...

Does Tehreek-e-Jihad Pakistan (TJP) Actually Exist?

In February 2023, a new militant outfit announced its emergence as Tehreek-e-Jihad-e-Pakistan (TJP).TJP claimed its first attack in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province’s Chaman district in February this year and late...