The week under review (18–24 September) witnessed a sharp escalation in militant violence across Pakistan, with the number of attacks doubling to 60 from 30 in the previous week, while fatalities increased by 58.7%…
Pakistan’s internal security environment deteriorated in 2025, marking one of the most violent years since the post–Zarb-e-Azb decline. The year was defined by a pronounced escalation in…
Twenty-five years after 9/11, Al-Qaeda in the Subcontinent (القاعدہ برصغیر) (often named as Al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent -AQIS) has neither…
Research by Yasir Sial, report written by Aima Ishaq PUBG Battlegrounds is being used for radicalisation of extremism, specifically by…
The sharp deterioration of security in Afghanistan’s northeastern Badakhshan province in recent months should ring alarm bells in Beijing. What…
The August 2026 video continues to counter this narrative indirectly by visually placing the organization’s leadership within Pakistan’s tribal belt.…
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Islamabad, September 1, 2026: The number of militant attacks increased in August despite sustained counter-militancy pressure, but their…
Islamabad, August 1, 2026: Violence linked to militant attacks and counter-militancy operations intensified sharply in July, making it…
Islamabad, May 1, 2026: Pakistan recorded a second consecutive month of improving security indicators in April 2026, with…
Islamabad, February 2026: After a noticeable decline in violence in December 2025, the first month of the new…
