TTP’s Recruitment Claims Mask Deepening Internal Divisions
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has once again attempted to project organizational growth by announcing that several armed groups from Mohmand, Bajaur, Quetta and
FAK’s Growing Reliance on Disinformation
Modern terrorism is fought not only with weapons. It is also fought through narratives, images, casualty figures, anonymous social media accounts and
Afghan Resistance Challenges Taliban Control
Afghanistan’s political and security landscape is becoming increasingly difficult for the Taliban to portray as settled. A concentrated series of reported resistance
The Failure of TTP’s Anti-State Narrative
The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan’s effort to portray Pakistan as an un-Islamic or illegitimate state is not a serious constitutional argument; it is a
Countering FAK Propaganda
Propaganda succeeds when repetition is allowed to replace evidence. This is the central method used by Fitna al-Khawarij, or FAK, a designation
Exposing Khawarij Disinformation and Misleading Propaganda
Modern terrorism is fought not only with weapons but also with narratives. Violent organisations know they cannot secure legitimacy through bombings, assassinations
UNPACKING AL-MIRSAD
Pakistan today confronts not only terrorism on the ground but a sophisticated information war in the digital space. This war is deliberate,
Miranshah and the Murder of a Child’s Soul
What happened in Miranshah was not martyrdom, not resistance, and not religion. It was the murder of ordinary people through the body
Afghan Fighters in TTP
Pakistan’s latest counter terrorism operations in Bannu, North Waziristan, and Bajaur have reinforced a point that many officials have argued for years
India’s Strategic Use of Terrorism and Proxy Insurgencies Against Pakistan
India has constantly employed proxy warfare and allegedly terrorist methods to influence and undermine its regional rivals, especially Pakistan. Despite public denunciations
