Majlis-e-Askari Karwan: The Quiet Rise of a Flexible Taliban Faction

Majlis-e-Askari Karwan (MAK) is a Pakistani Taliban militant group that has steadily carved out space for itself among larger and more dominant factions. Known for its pragmatic strategy, MAK frequently collaborates with a ra...

Massacre as Strategy: ISCAP’s Violence Model in Eastern DRC

Beyond “Atrocity Narratives”Analytical treatments of violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have often defaulted to descriptive accounts of brutality, emphasizing the scale of atrocities without sufficiently int...

Limited Success Again, As Taliban Try for Influence in Punjab

On November 8, 2025, communication channels associated with the proscribed Tehreek -e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) group began disseminating a video featuring five armed individuals addressing the people of Punjab. A masked man ide...

Behind the Veil: The Bajaur Jirga and its Impact

After eight days of rigorous negotiations encompassing seven rounds of dialogue between the local Bajaur jirga and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), discussions ended in a decisive deadlock. The final session, conducted on Au...

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...

The Balancing Act: East Turkistan Islamic Party Between Syria and Afghanistan

On March 5, the Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) released a revised version of its organizational statute, announcing a return to its original name, the East Turkistan Islamic Party (ETIP). This name change, reportedly approved ...

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...

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...