“Stone Age” — Strategic Messaging Behind President Donald Trump’s Warning
Kashif Bangash While the ceasefire is in place, retrospectively looking at the “stone age” warning issued by President Donald Trump in his address to the nation, it carried a far deeper strategic message than a simple threat directed at Iran. While on the surface it appeared as a warning of overwhelming military force, in reality […]
SECURITY AT A GLANCE (16–31.3.26)
Domestic AZAD JAMMU AND KASHMIR (AJK) BALOCHISTAN Comments & Analysis: Terrorists and separatists, allegedly backed by foreign handlers and patrons, have shifted tactics in Balochistan by attacking towns, blocking roads, targeting civilians and security forces, sabotaging infrastructure, and looting banks for funding, seemingly to exploit the current US–Israel–Iran war in the region. However, their efforts […]
THE HYDRA HEADED FITNA-AL HIND AND BALOCHISTAN
The Indo-Israel Proxies Are Trying to Sync Their Activities with Israel-USA-Iran War, to Exert their Pressures on Pakistan and to Develop their Relevance Tariq Lodhi 1. About midnight between 28 and 29-Mar-2026, there were reports that several armed men riding motorcycles, had carried out sporadic attacks, targeting local innocent Baloch persons, killing five (05) such […]
BLA Female Suicide Bombers
Kashif Bangash
SECURITY AT A GLANCE (1–15 Mar 2026)
Domestic BALOCHISTAN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA (KPK) GILGIT-BALTISTAN (GB) ISLAMABAD PUNJAB SINDH LAW AND ORDER / SECURITY DEFENCE / SECURITY DIPLOMATIC DEVELOPMENT / ECONOMY / SIGNIFICANT EVENTS PAKISTAN–AFGHANISTAN ARMED CONFLICT REGIONAL AFGHANISTAN ILLEGALLY INDIAN OCCUPIED JAMMU AND KASHMIR (IIOJK) / LOC INDIA Defence / Security Law and Order / Security DIPLOMATIC DEVELOPMENT / ECONOMY / SIGNIFICANT EVENTS […]
Afghan Taliban’s Nexus with Terrorism: TTP, Daesh & Al-Qaeda
Regional Security Implications & Strategic Response Options Dr. Naveed Elahi Kabul under the Taliban group has entrenched itself as a sanctuary and ideological hub for transnational terrorist organisations — most critically, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), al-Qaeda, and the Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP/Daesh). There are some other smaller groups like ETIM, IMU etc. The recent provocative […]
Operation “Epic Fury”: Strategic Masterstroke or Enormous Folly?
Dr. Naveed Elahi The nonsensical and brutal war unleashed by Trump-Netanyahu duo on Iran has brought enormous mayhem in Iran, brewing destruction in at least twelve countries the region and waves of destabilization throughout the entire world. What was presented as a decisive strike to neutralize threats to Israel’s security has instead triggered a widening […]
SECURITY AT A GLANCE (16–28 Feb 26)
(Domestic) BALOCHISTAN KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA (KPK) PUNJAB SINDH PAKISTAN–AFGHANISTAN BORDER CLASHES a) Afghan Taliban started unprovoked firing at multiple places along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Torkham and Tirah. Pak forces were ready for such an eventuality and gave an immediate response. Pakistan subsequently launched “Operation Ghazab-ul-Haq” across multiple KPK border sectors as the situation escalated into […]
Tackling Afghan Taliban and TTP: Past, Present, and the Way Forward
Dr. Naveed Elahi For decades, Pakistan has faced criticism for its historical relationship with the Afghan Taliban during the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan. Throughout those twenty years, senior Taliban leaders and thousands of their fighters found sanctuary in Pakistan, with the Taliban’s political and military council in Quetta — widely known as the Quetta Shura […]