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SECURITY AT A GLANCE (16–28 Feb 26)

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March 2, 2026

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  • CTD police killed 14 terrorists, including eight in the Darakhshan area of Quetta and six in Barkhan, during.
    1. Unknown armed persons shot dead a man, Akmal Naseer from Faisalabad, in the Pishikan area of Gwadar (15.2.26).
    2. The dead body of an unidentified man was found in the Dera Murad Jamali area (15.2.26).
    3. CTD police killed 14 terrorists, including eight in the Darakhshan area of Quetta and six in Barkhan, during.
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    SECURITY AT A GLANCE (16–28 Feb 26)

    (Domestic) BALOCHISTAN Unknown armed persons shot dead a man, Akmal
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    The Strategic Brief

    Afghan Taliban’s Nexus with Terrorism: TTP, Daesh &

    Regional Security Implications & Strategic Response Options Dr. Naveed Elahi Kabul under the Taliban group has entrenched itself
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    The Strategic Brief

    SECURITY AT A GLANCE (16–28 Feb 26)

    - Security -
    March 2, 2026

    (Domestic)

    BALOCHISTAN

  • CTD police killed 14 terrorists, including eight in the Darakhshan area of.
    1. Unknown armed persons shot dead a man, Akmal Naseer from Faisalabad, in the Pishikan area of Gwadar (15.2.26).
    2. The dead body of an unidentified man was found in the Dera Murad Jamali area (15.2.26).
    3. CTD police killed 14 terrorists, including eight in the Darakhshan area of.
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    Afghan Taliban’s Nexus with Terrorism: TTP,

    Regional Security Implications & Strategic Response Options Dr. Naveed Elahi Kabul
    - March 8, 2026

    Operation “Epic Fury”: Strategic Masterstroke or

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    - March 5, 2026

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    March 8, 2026

    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 statements by Afghanistan’s Acting Defence Minister Mohammad Yaqoob Mujahid, son of former Taliban leader Mullah Omer— openly threatening Islamabad with attacks and refusing to designate the TTP as a terrorist organisation — lay bare a strategic posture that conflates governance with militant patronage.

    Yaqoob’s Threat — Political Posturing or Strategic Escalation?

    “The demand for us to label the TTP a terrorist organisation is based on passionate imagination.” — Mohammad.