Intensify Attacks, Abide by Rules and Shun Foreign Fighters, Hafiz Gul Bahadur's Says in a Message

Jihadist channels affiliated with the Pakistani Taliban have released a purported audio message from Hafiz Gul Bahadur, a Key leader of his own faction of Pakistani Taliban. The message, reportedly the first of its kind, cont...

Diplomacy on Thin Ice Pakistan-Afghanistan Talks Amidst Rising Tensions

The pattern has been too obvious, attacks, response and tepid reconciliation over the last four years – But what is new to this triangular conflict between Pakistan, Afghanistan and Non State Actors is that later has brought ...

Scholarly Split: The Cancellation of TTP's Chief Degree Sparks Debate and Division

On Saturday, a prominent religious seminary in Karachi, Jamia Al-Arabia Ahsanul Uloom Karachi has revoked the Dora-e-Hadith degree of the Pakistani Taliban (TTP) leader, Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud.“He studied in Dora-e-Hadith Kar...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Amidst Diplomatic Makeover, Pakistan Strikes TTP in Afghanistan

Four days after 16 soldiers died in an assault by the Pakistani Taliban on a border post, Pakistan retaliated by striking the militant group inside Afghanistan, third time since August 15, 2021.The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan [...

Syrian Jail Claims Life of Al-Qaeda Veteran Fighter

Al-Qaeda linked encrypted channels have released a short biography of Muhammad Hussain Kanju, also known as Abu Hussain Lebanani. Hussain’s life as a militant exemplifies the transnational jihadi nature of Al-Qaeda, with his ...

Unabated Violence: Pakistani Taliban's Relentless Attacks Reveal Troubling Trends

The ongoing relentless wave of violence in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan provinces, perpetrated by the Pakistani Taliban and Baloch armed separatists, has resulted in numerous fatalities among Pakistani securi...