Days after the killing of a top Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) leader, Omar Khalid Khorasani, in Afghanistan, the sudden appearance of the TTP militants in Swat raised concerns. Political leaders and…

Drones have been used extensively for counter-insurgency and counter-terrorism operations (COIN/CT Ops) during the US “War on Terror”. The first combat drone usage in a symmetric conventional battlefield occurred during…

As much as the term “terrorism” is contested, Joe Biden’s notion of “justice” is also debatable. On 1 August 2022, Joe Biden announced in his press briefing that “Justice has…

This year, attacks on Pakistani forces and Chinese nationals in the country by Baloch ethnonationalist militants and radical Islamist groups, including the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), have increased. The Pakistan Institute…