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Is There Any Strategy Left for Washington in Afghanistan?
If there is one picture that describes the failure of Washington’s War on Terror policy in Afghanistan, it is the viral image of Taliban Defense Minister Mullah Yaqoob in a military parade during the 21st anniversary of the 9/11 attacks.…
The al-Zawahiri Strike and U.S. Counterterrorism in Afghanistan
On August 2, U.S. President Joe Biden announced that the United States had killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike in Kabul. Zawahiri’s death comes after two decades of military operations against al-Qaeda and other terrorist groups that…
Assumptions in Counterterrorism: Understanding the Case of Shari Baloch
On April 26, as reports circulated of a suicide bomber killing a Pakistani driver and three Chinese teachers near the Confucius Institute in Karachi University, waves of anxiety crippled much of the collective Pakistani consciousness. The attack was carried out…
پاکستان فیٹف کی گرے لسٹ سے نکلنے کا خواہش مند
منی لانڈرنگ اور دہشت گردی کی مالی معاونت کے خلاف کام کرنے والے مالی امور کی نگرانی کے بین الاقوامی ادارے فنانشل ایکشن ٹاسک فورس (فیٹف) نے ۱۷ جون ۲۰۲۲ کو اعلان کیا کہ پاکستان نے اس کے ۳۴ نکات…
Pakistan Seeks To Move Off FATF’s Gray List
On June 17, 2022, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), an international financial watchdog working to combat money laundering and terrorism financing, announced that Pakistan has substantially completed two of its action plans covering 34 items. While agreed in principle,…
The Untenable TTP-Pakistan Negotiations
For much of the duration of the Afghan Taliban's insurgency against U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)–formed officially in 2007 and one of Pakistan's deadliest terrorist groups–was a force multiplier for the Taliban. While the Taliban and Pakistan…