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  • Why Confidence-building Measures Between Pakistan and India Failed

    Why Confidence-building Measures Between Pakistan and India Failed0

    The two countries had a war of words at the UN in December. Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar called Pakistan 'the epicentre of terrorism', and Foreign Minister of Pakistan Bilawal Bhutto clapped back, demanding India to stop the spread of Islamophobia. The contention on India's treatment of Muslims and Pakistan's alleged sponsorship of terrorism hasREAD MORE
  • TTP Resurgence in FATA

    TTP Resurgence in FATA0

    Federally Administered Tribal Areas merged with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa under the 25th Constitutional Amendment. The people of erstwhile tribal agencies have long been the victims of terrorist activities conducted by the Tehrik e Taliban Pakistan (TTP). The banned outfit is responsible for over 800 terrorist attacks between 2010 and 2020 in the region, according to USIPREAD MORE
  • What to Improve in Pakistan’s National Security Policy

    What to Improve in Pakistan’s National Security Policy0

    As it gets closer to a year, Pakistan needs to review its National Security Policy in accordance with the document’s clause to ‘review and recommend updates to the Policy on a yearly basis’. Introduced on January 2022, it is the first-ever security policy in the country. It presents the idea of a new security paradigmREAD MORE
  • Challenges for the Taliban Government in Afghanistan

    Challenges for the Taliban Government in Afghanistan0

    International recognition is not the only challenge that Afghan government faces: economic collapse, cascading poverty, and terrorism are the tip of the iceberg. The government is in hot waters for breaking the Doha Agreement,  harbouring Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri and banning women from public life. Are the mounting challenges a means to an endREAD MORE