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Pakistan’s Counter Terrorism Operations Against Terrorism – OpEd

Pakistan’s security forces conducted two successful intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 9 and 10, 2024, resulting in the elimination of four Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) terrorists. These consecutive operations illustrate the country’s continuous efforts to eliminate terrorist networks that constitute a constant danger to peace and security. As security forces keep pressure on militant groups, the most recent […]

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“Small Yard, High Fence”: These four words conceal a mess

First some fantastic news this morning: Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson have won the Nobel memorial prize in economic science for their work on institutions. I hope to write more about those ideas when I have a chance, but for more that I’ve written already (lots more!) on the theory of power in Acemoglu and Johnson’s most recent […]

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Media Report Examines The Role Of Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA): Since 2018 ‘BLA’s Majeed Brigade Has Executed 12 Major Suicide Attacks… Involving 64 Suicide Bombers’

On the night of August 25-26, 2024, the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), a secessionist group fighting for the independence of Balochistan from Pakistan, launched Operation Herof (“Black Storm”), a series of coordinated terror attacks and suicide bombings on a Pakistani army camp, police stations, and other targets, killing dozens of Pakistani soldiers and police officers.[1] BLA executed the Operation Herof […]

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In Dari-Language Booklet, Islamic State Khurasan Province (ISKP) Castigates Saudi Arabia For Promoting Music And Obscenity, Declares Prince Salman An Apostate, Calls Muslims To Travel To Afghanistan

In a Dari-language booklet, the Islamic State Khurasan Province (ISKP) accuses the Saudi government of promoting indecency in the “land of revelation,” especially by organizing concerts and criticizes Islamic religious scholars for doing what the royal government tells them to do. A PDF of the 32-page booklet, titled “The Height Of Indecency In The Land Of Revelation,” was released on […]

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India’s Muslims: An Increasingly Marginalized Population

Summary Introduction India is home to some two hundred million Muslims, one of the world’s largest Muslim populations but a minority in the predominantly Hindu country. Since India’s independence, Muslims have often faced discrimination, prejudice, and violence, despite constitutional protections. Experts say anti-Muslim sentiments have heightened under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party […]

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Why China Would Struggle to Invade Taiwan

Although China’s ambition to gain control of Taiwan is clear, doing so through force would prove enormously difficult and costly. Although China continues to state a preference for unifying with Taiwan through peaceful methods, it has never renounced using force. Indeed, for the past two decades its military modernization has focused on developing capabilities that would enable it to forcefully […]

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Israel’s Forever War on Palestinian Refugees

Since 1948, Israel has made a habit of targeting Palestinian refugee camps, striking the people it’s already displaced. During the thick of summer, around 8 a.m. one day in late July 1971, bulldozers crept into the Gaza Strip’s Jabalia refugee camp. The Israeli military had already warned several families of their impending evictions, and a large show of Israeli forces […]

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Korybko To The Media Line: Russia Has Pragmatic Reasons For Partnering With The Taliban

Here’s the full interview that I gave to The Media Line’s Arshad Mehmood, excerpts of which were included in his report about how “Moscow’s Move To Delist Taliban Faces Skepticism Over IS-KP Threats”. Russia’s promised delisting of the Taliban as a terrorist organization is unable to bring stability to the region on its own, but it can help improve the […]

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China’s Dollar Dilemma

Increasingly intensifying U.S. economic sanctions targeting Russia’s financial system have deepened concerns in China over its extensive dollar asset holdings and the Chinese financial system’s reliance on dollars. Increasingly intensifying U.S. economic sanctions targeting Russia’s financial system have deepened concerns in China over its extensive dollar asset holdings and the Chinese financial system’s reliance on dollars. Worries that a similar […]

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The Islamization of Bangladesh by Muhammad Yunus – Backed by Obama, Soros, Clintons

Bangladesh, a country being promptly being shifted towards Talibanization under Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus — openly backed by Barack Obama, Bill and Hillary Clinton, George Soros and the U.S. Democratic Party — is experiencing a total nightmare. Bangladesh’s former leader, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, was forced to flee on August 5, following a coup d’état. Now, Hindus in […]

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