The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is a militant group that has been active in Pakistan for several years. The group has been responsible for numerous acts of terrorism and violence, including attacks on civilians, military personnel, and government installations. TTP poses a significant threat to Pakistan due to its ability to carry out violent attacks and destabilize the country. The group […]

Key Points More than a year and a half on from its seizure of power, it is clear the Taliban regime rejects the idea of a pluralist political order and seems determined to impose the same restrictive social policies as were implemented in 1996-2001. As actions intended to isolate and punish the Taliban, the international community’s sanctions have been a […]

Militants in northwest Pakistan set off a bomb while targeting a temporary military camp with rockets and guns, in an incident that killed at least three troops, security officials said on Friday, but there was no immediate claim of responsibility, Reuters reported. The violence comes after Pakistan declared a new offensive against militants following a resurgence of attacks in recent […]

The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CST) said that its 37th meeting of the Working Group on Afghanistan was held on Thursday. The event was attended by delegations from the organization’s member states, the CSTO Deputy Secretary General S. I. Ordabaev, Charge d’Affaires of Afghanistan in the Russian Federation, representatives of the United Nations Regional Centre for Preventive Diplomacy for Central […]

The U.S. Secretary of State met on Thursday with the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Washington ahead of the Doha meeting on Afghanistan. At the meeting, Antony Blinken said that they will closely discuss the situation in Afghanistan with the UN and will continue to express their deep concern over the ban on women’s work and education. “We’re also working […]

Foreseeable crises It was around ten years back, when more and more experts started sharing and discussing the argument that we are heading towards a global crisis of international cooperation, of dialogue, of collective action and responsibility, of confidence and trust; a global crisis of multilateralism. Sadly enough, this analysis and assessment has been confirmed by now. There is almost […]

Bangladesh Army Chief General SM Shafiuddin Ahmed left for India on Wednesday (April 26) on a three-day official visit at the invitation of Indian Army Chief. During the visit, he will attend the passing out parade of commissioned officers at the Officers Training Academy in Chennai, India as the chief guest and take the parade salute. During the visit, he […]

The UN Secretary General Antonio Guiterres has appointed former Turkish Ambassador Feridun Sinirlioglu as his special coordinator to provide an independent assessment of how to deal with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) in Afghanistan. The Security Council asked Antonio Guterres in March to conduct and provide forward-looking recommendations for an integrated and coherent approach among relevant political, humanitarian, and […]

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) have killed a Daesh militant who was the “mastermind” behind a suicide attack at Kabul’s international airport in 2021 that killed 13 U.S. troops and scores of civilians during the United States’ chaotic evacuation from the country, Reuters cited US officials as saying. The bombing occurred on Aug. 26, 2021, as U.S. troops were […]

Since the withdrawal of US and NATO forces from Afghanistan in 2021, the terrorist outfits have mustered renewed vigour to rehabilitate and collaborate on tactics to rupture regional security. Under the weak control of the Taliban government over its territories, such outfits have found new dwellings to unveil their mischievous tricks. Several analysts predicted that the withdrawal of the US […]