TTP

“TTP has been growing in the backyard of Baloch separatist groups”—Abdul Basit

As AfPak simmers, there is considerable speculation that secular Baloch rebels and the anti-Pakistan Islamists under the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)…

11 months ago

Islamic State in Afghanistan, Pakistan and India– will its influence decline in 2024?

With the two years of Taliban reign, experts deliberate whether Afghanistan would remain a state providing safe havens to terror…

11 months ago

Is disgruntled Pakistan targeting Afghan Taliban with a demographic bomb?

In an unprecedented move, the Caretaker Government in Pakistan, led by former lawmaker Anwar-ul-Haq Kakar, had announced 1.7 million Afghan refugees…

12 months ago

Why TTP is likely to step up violence in Pakistan next year to achieve its grand objectives

Even before Kabul fell in 2021, scholars argued that the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) was on the rise.  During that time,…

1 year ago

Pakistan to repatriate Afghan refugees en masse as ties with Taliban turn toxic

Escalating tension with the neighbouring Taliban government, Pakistan has decided to evict all of Afghan refugees – numbering 1.1 million.…

1 year ago

How Pakistan is now using fatwas to counter Jihadis along the Afghan border

With the rise in militant attacks targeting military, civilian and clerics, the Pakistani establishment is rushing to the base from…

1 year ago

UNSC report says Pakistani Taliban stronger because of regime change in Kabul

A new report by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) says that the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan has "emboldened" the…

1 year ago

Taliban confronts Islamabad, says Pakistani generals looted American weapons for business

The Taliban government in Kabul has advised neighbour Pakistan to give priority to the peace process instead of taking to…

1 year ago

Afghanistan, Pakistan relations slide downhill as war of words erupts over TTP terror

The verbal war between Pakistan and Afghanistan over terrorism and the implementation of the Doha Agreement intensified over the weekend.…

1 year ago

Has the faction fight inside Pakistan Taliban sharpened after the deadly Peshawar bombing?

The fallout of the deadly suicide bombing in a Peshawar Mosque that killed near 100 Pakistani policemen continues to echo…

2 years ago

TTP announces shadow government as fighting with Pakistan intensifies

The Pakistan Taliban, following up on its relentless offensive against Islamabad, has announced a shadow government. The Pakistan Taliban more…

2 years ago

Pakistan Taliban’s offensive from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa now reaches Islamabad

After causing mayhem in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province that borders Afghanistan, the Pakistan Taliban struck Islamabad, with a suicide bombing…

2 years ago