India’s Position in a Post-U.S. Withdrawal Afghanistan
India’s role in Afghanistan in the past two decades or so is defined by its significant contribution towards the development of the country through assistance […]
Category: Militancy
Understanding the Deaths of Shahdad and Ehsan Baloch
On May 1, 2020 Quaid-i-Azam University (QAU) students Shahdad and Ehsan Baloch were killed in Balochistan in a skirmish with Pakistani security forces. Little has […]
Can the Intra-Afghan Negotiations Yield Lasting Peace?
Even after almost half a century of conflict, Afghanistan has ranked first out of the ten must-watch conflicts for 2020 by the International Crisis Group. Today, the […]
The Islamic State’s Increasing Focus on India
On March 25, a lone terrorist affiliated with Islamic State-Khorasan Province (ISKP) carried out an attack on a Sikh place of worship, the Gurdwara Har […]
Two Presidents: A Challenge or Chance for Afghanistan?
On March 9, Afghanistan’s leading 2019 presidential candidates, National Unity Government (NUG) incumbent President Ashraf Ghani and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah, held parallel swearing-in ceremonies […]
The Regional Implications of the U.S.-Taliban Agreement
As the United States and the Afghan Taliban inked an agreement to end the almost two-decade-long war in Afghanistan on February 29, many onlookers welcomed […]
عمران خان اور فاٹا کی قومی دھارے میں شمولیت کا دشوار مرحلہ
رواں ماہ پاکستان نے وعدہ کیا ہے کہ وہ قبائلی علاقوں کو قومی دھارے میں شامل کرنے کیلئے ایک دہائی تک سالانہ ایک بلین ڈالر […]
Point/Counterpoint: Believing Kashmir is Moving towards Normalcy is a Mistake
This week marks six months since the Indian government’s decision to withdraw Article 370 from Jammu & Kashmir, resulting in the removal of the erstwhile […]
Point/Counterpoint: Kashmir Reset after 30 years of Abnormality
This week marks six months since the Indian government’s decision to withdraw Article 370 from Jammu & Kashmir, resulting in the removal of the erstwhile […]
Imran Khan and the Elusive Mainstreaming of FATA
This month Pakistan pledged it would spend USD $1 billion a year for the next decade on mainstreaming its tribal areas. The funding and other […]