Pakistan Re-opens Torkham Border Crossing on Strict Conditions

Pakistan has re-opened the Torkham border crossing after issuing strict warnings to Afghanistan that any violation at the border will lead to a full-fledged war, following multiple incidents of fence cutting and provocative f...

Taliban Strengthens Domestic Drone and Weapons Programs Amid Border Clashes With Pakistan

The Afghan Taliban have increasingly focused on developing domestic capabilities for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), commonly known as drones, as part of their broader strategy to modernise military operations.Ahmadullah Mut...

Majlis-e-Askari Karwan: The Quiet Rise of a Flexible Taliban Faction

Majlis-e-Askari Karwan (MAK) is a Pakistani Taliban militant group that has steadily carved out space for itself among larger and more dominant factions. Known for its pragmatic strategy, MAK frequently collaborates with a ra...

Massacre as Strategy: ISCAP’s Violence Model in Eastern DRC

Beyond “Atrocity Narratives”Analytical treatments of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have often defaulted to descriptive accounts of brutality, emphasizing the scale of atrocities without sufficiently int...

Limited Success Again, As Taliban Try for Influence in Punjab

On November 8, 2025, communication channels associated with the proscribed Tehreek -e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group began disseminating a video featuring five armed individuals addressing the people of Punjab. A masked man ide...

Behind the Veil: The Bajaur Jirga and its Impact

After eight days of rigorous negotiations encompassing seven rounds of dialogue between the local Bajaur jirga and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), discussions ended in a decisive deadlock. The final session, conducted on Au...

The War Within: Pakistan's Daily Battle Against Taliban

Recent months have seen a significant surge in the presence of various Pakistani Taliban factions in the Waziristan region, which comprises three districts: North Waziristan, Upper Waziristan and Lower Waziristan in particula...

The Balancing Act: East Turkistan Islamic Party Between Syria and Afghanistan

On March 5, the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) released a revised version of its organizational statute, announcing a return to its original name, the East Turkistan Islamic Party (ETIP). This name change, reportedly approved ...

Taliban's Changing Behaviour: Factionalism, Nationalism and Beyond

Pakistani Taliban's gradual shift in recent years from a jihadist movement — which transcends ethnic affiliations — to an ethnically driven militancy is ultimately undermining its broad influence and appeal.This new idealogic...