Taliban's Changing Behaviour: Factionalism, Nationalism and Beyond

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

TTP's Punjab Push: Militant Group Focuses on Recruitment, Finance and Partnerships

The closely knitted militant network, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), also known as the Pakistani Taliban, has outlined its plans to expand attacks to Punjab, Pakistan's most populous province, in the latest issue of its Ur...

Closure of Wagah-Attari Border disrupts key export route between India and Afghanistan

The closure of the Wagah-Attari border could have a severe effect on export of dry fruits from Afghanistan to India, traders have warned.Dry fruits are one of Afghanistan’s biggest exports, with 115,000 tons being exported be...

Gunmen Target Tourists in Kashmir, 26 Killed in Deadliest Attack in Years

Armed assailants launched a deadly attack on non-local tourists in the Indian-administered disputed Kashmir region on Tuesday afternoon, around 2:30 p.m. At least 26 domestic tourists, along with one Nepali, lost their l...

TKD EXCLUSIVE: Islamic State Khorasan’s deadly face Sharifullah Planned Hamid Karzai Airport Bombing in Prison

A top Islamic State Khorasan leader and mastermind of the Abbey Gate bombing at the Hamid Karzai Airport that resulted in the deaths of 13 U.S troops and scores of Afghans, has been arrested from the border province of Afghan...

Attacking the Haqqania: Islamic State Khorasan’s Expanding Ideological War

On February 28, 2025, a suicide bomber detonated his explosives in the Haqqania Madrassa in Akora Khattak, Nowshera, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The explosion took place shortly after the principal of the seminary ...

The Jihadists’ Toolkit: Repurposed Items that Helped Taliban Win Afghanistan

A striking image recently surfaced on several jihadists' encrypted communications channels, featuring four ordinary everyday items repurposed as lethal tools of warfare. The image, featuring a Cheetah shoe, a yellow cooking o...

Taliban Governance shakeup: Haibatullah’s close aides appointed to secure Kandahar and Northern Provinces

Taliban Supreme leader Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada has made several changes to Afghanistan’s governance structure, shuffling several ministers and deputies. However, the latest round of changes has been characterized by the...

Operation Baghar: A Watershed Moment in Pakistan's Counter-Terrorism Journey

In the last week of September 2003, a local asset, intelligence speak for an informant, with substantial access to local and global jihadist factions like Al-Qaeda, walked into a regional office of Pakistan's premier intellig...