Why Kurram Will Remain Unsettled

Kurram’s security mosaic has been altered and a traditional understanding of a cause and effect [read as retaliatory attacks between rival Sunni and Shia sects] does not offer a solution-based analysis. While histories are im...

Pakistan Remains Global Polio Hotspot as Militant Threats, Misinformation Impede Eradication Efforts

Despite decades of global efforts, Polio continues to remain a hazardous health challenge and casts a vast shadow over the public health landscape in Pakistan. On the 14th of January 2025, the Regional Reference Laboratory fo...

Amidst Diplomatic Makeover, Pakistan Strikes TTP in Afghanistan

Four days after 16 soldiers died in an assault by the Pakistani Taliban on a border post, Pakistan retaliated by striking the militant group inside Afghanistan, third time since August 15, 2021.The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan [...

Syrian Jail Claims Life of Al-Qaeda Veteran Fighter

Al-Qaeda linked encrypted channels have released a short biography of Muhammad Hussain Kanju, also known as Abu Hussain Lebanani. Hussain’s life as a militant exemplifies the transnational jihadi nature of Al-Qaeda, with his ...

Paragliders, Pagers and AI-Robots: The Intersection of War and Technology

In the changing technological landscape, both state and non-state actors are incorporating modern and novel gadgetry in their operations and strategy. The examples are Hamas’s use of paragliders and Israel explosives rigged p...

Pakistan Struggles to Protect Chinese Interests Amidst Consistent Attacks

Over the night of October 6, a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) attack took place outside Karachi airport, targeting a Chinese convoy. Two Chinese citizens were killed in the attack on a convoy carrying Chine...

TKD EXCLUSIVE: Pakistani Officials Believe Pakistani Taliban Have Developed 'Nascent' Drone Technology

There have been at least 6 suspected attacks in the last two months in North Waziristan tribal district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa which officials believe were “Quadcopter Borne IEDs” targeting security facilities and transport.“Alt...

Dozens Killed, Roads Paralyzed as Balochistan Faces Wave of Attacks

A coordinated wave of attacks swept across Balochistan on August 25, resulting in the loss of at least 53 lives, including civilians and 14 security personnel. In the ensuing counteroperations, security forces killed 21 milit...

Ismail Haniyeh’s Assassination: Iranian Leadership Assessing Scenarios of Retaliation Against Israel

The inauguration of Iran’s new President, Masoud Pezeshkian, on July 30 was the occasion for the arrival of many foreign dignitaries in the Iranian capital of Tehran. After a busy day, with the delegations moving around the c...