A Troubled Province: Iran's Sistan and Baluchestan Plagued by Protests and Violence

On Friday night, armed attackers stormed the Iranian port city of Chabahar in Iran’s Sistan and Baluchestan province. At the same time, the district guards of the country’s Rask City also came under attack. During the initial...

Towards a New Phase of Militancy: Hafiz Gul Bahadur’s Overall Restructure

Since early 2023, the militant landscape in Pakistan has become quite intricate and evolved into a more complex dynamic, including the emergence of new groups; the alignment of different factions; and changes in policies by m...

The Future Conflict: Artificial Intelligence Posing Real Threat In Countering Terrorism

As the world grapples with the complexities of maintaining global security, Artificial Intelligence (AI) has emerged as a double-edged sword, igniting a virtual arms race that transcends traditional conflict paradigms. T...

Coal Mining in Balochistan: A Tale of Exploitation, Insurgency, and Security

Despite its environmental impact, Pakistan is looking to increase its dependency on fossil fuels for energy production. To that end, Pakistan and China signed a US$62 billion bilateral infrastructure, energy, and connectivity...

TKD EXCLUSIVE: TTP Chief Unveils Meetings with The Afghan Taliban Leadership, says Relationship Based on 20 Years of Allegiance

In an exclusive interview with The Khorasan Diary, Mufti Noor Wali Mehsud, leader of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), talked about insights into the organization's perspective on various issues, shedding light on its sta...

BNA's Internal Rifts, Surrenders Signal a Turning Point in Insurgency Dynamics

Following the arrest of Baloch Nationalist Army (BNA) founder Gulzar Imam alias Shamby in 2023, the militant group fractured into two factions, one led by Sarafaraz Bungulzai alias Mureed Baloch and another under Anwar alias ...

To End Spiralling Violence, Maulana Fazlur Rehman Intends To Mediate Talks Between Afghan Taliban, and Pakistan over TTP

While there is no appetite for Islamabad to engage in peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban, there is a dire need to put the relationship with the Afghan Taliban back on track to restrain the Tehreek e Taliban Pakistan (TTP)...

Inside Jaish al-Adl Armed Struggle: Interview with the Spokesperson

The increase in propaganda over the past year, with very interesting media material, of the Iran-based jihadist group Jaysh al-Adl, prompted me to contact the group's current spokesman Hossein Baloch and ask him for a detaile...

Understanding Jamaat Ansarullah: Ideological Shifts and Objectives

JA Ideology: Local Jihad based on Tajik Ethno-NationalismAmong all Central Asian jihadi groups that have taken sanctuary in Afghanistan and engaged in a “holy war” against the ANDSF - Afghan Western coalition forces for the l...