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Beyond Bombing: Pakistan’s Sanctuary Problem in Afghanistan
Pakistan’s ongoing airstrikes in Kabul and Kandahar on Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Taliban targets has marked a significant escalation in Islamabad’s post-2021 Afghanistan policy. Since the Taliban’s return to power, Pakistan largely relied on border controls and diplomatic pressure to…
Pakistan-Afghanistan Tensions: An Open War in a Regional Crisis
In late February, following terrorist attacks on mosques in the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) attributed to the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Pakistan launched airstrikes on the border provinces of Afghanistan targeting TTP and Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP) camps. In response,…
Cross-Border Strikes and Legal Contradictions: Pakistan’s Strategic Dilemma
On February 21, 2026, Pakistan conducted "intelligence based selective targeting of seven Terrorist camps and hideouts" in Afghanistan. The strikes killed at least 17 people in Nangarhar province, with the Taliban regime’s Ministry of Defence reporting that the attacks hit…
پاکستان کی تہدیدی افغان سفارت کاری: ناکامی کی طرف گامزن؟
فوجی طاقت کا بطور آلۂ کار استعمال یا اسے استعمال کرنے کی دھمکی دینا، سفارت کا ایک لازمی جزو ہے اور اب اسے ریاست کاری (اسٹیٹ کرافٹ) میں ایک ہمہ گیر معیاری طریقہ کار کے طور پر قبول کیا جاتا…
SAV Q&A with Johann Chacko: South Asian Security in Shifting Global Landscape
Over the past year, South Asian security dynamics have evolved amid persistent interstate rivalries, domestic political turbulence, and the rapidly shifting global political landscape. On January 28, South Asian Voices spoke with Johann Chacko about the most important factors shaping…
Pakistan’s Coercive Afghan Diplomacy: Doomed to Failure?
The employment of military force as a bargaining tool, or the threat to use it, is an essential component of diplomacy and is now widely accepted as standard practice in statecraft. Coercive diplomacy, in particular, is a defensive strategy used to…