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Ideological disagreements may be the Taliban’s Achilles heel

05.03.2025 20

Arab News Pakistan

Abdul Basit Khan

Can Pakistan’s new plan to stop extremism actually work?

12.02.2025 20

Arab News Pakistan

Abdul Basit Khan

Pakistan’s great internal security challenges in the new year

https://arab.news/p52xb In 2024, Pakistan’s internal security landscape became more volatile, fluid and complex. As militant attacks surge by 70...

08.01.2025 70

Arab News Pakistan

Abdul Basit Khan

In Pakistan, lethal drones could open a new front in militancy

https://arab.news/ceur9 Militant groups are byproducts of adverse circumstances and challenging operational environments. They survive and excel...

04.12.2024 4

Arab News Pakistan

Abdul Basit Khan

The Pakistani state’s failing counterinsurgency plan

https://arab.news/wbgyp In August-September, the spate of insurgent violence in Balochistan not only brings into sharp focus the changing character...

02.10.2024 5

Arab News Pakistan

Abdul Basit Khan

India’s Manipur: A victim of divisive Hindutva ideology

  MANIPUR is a north-eastern state in India, bordering Bangladesh and Myanmar, with over 3.3 million population and home to numerous ethnic groups...

31.08.2024 5

Pakistan Observer

Abdul Basit Khan

In South Asia, ‘terrorism’ has become a label of convenience

https://arab.news/m62bt Before her ouster, former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina termed the student protesters ‘terrorists’ in a national...

13.08.2024 10

Arab News Pakistan

Abdul Basit Khan