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...

War of Narrative on Israel-Palestine conflict escalates as Political parties and militant groups rally in support of Palestine

The ongoing Gaza-Israeli war is rapidly shaping and transforming the narrative of Pakistan’s militant and religio-political landscape. On the morning of October 7, the armed wing of Hamas, the Izz al-Din al-Qassam Brigad...

Which Palestinian armed groups are active in the conflict?

On October 7, 2023, the military wing of Hamas, the al-Qassam Brigades, in coordination with other Palestinian armed factions based in the Gaza Strip, launched the military operation “Al-Aqsa Flood”, a surprise attack against...

Tajik Taliban Publishes Video Threatening Dushanbe after Attacks on Tajikistan

Dushanbe accused Jamaat Ansarullah jihadists of launching an armed incursion from Afghanistan into Tajikistan on September 6, clashing with security forces before being killed and their massive weapons cache was seized. Tajik...

Pakistani Doctor Muhammad Masood's Attempted ISIS Involvement: A Closer Look

On August 25, a “licensed” Pakistani doctor employed as a research coordinator at a medical clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, was sentenced to 18 years in a U.S. prison. Muhammad Masood, 31, was arrested in March 2020, by ...