Taliban

  • Expansionist Afghanistan: Neutralising the Irredentist Threat

    Expansionist Afghanistan: Neutralising the Irredentist Threat

    The evolving security dynamics along the Durand Line require a highly calibrated and analytical response to the increasingly hostile posture adopted by the interim administration in Kabul. The recent surge in cross-border militant violence, dramatically underscored by the June 2026 assault on a paramilitary Rangers compound in Karachi, Pakistan, reveals a dangerous escalation in…

  • The Emergent Terror Ecosystem Under the Taliban Regime

    The Emergent Terror Ecosystem Under the Taliban Regime

    Key Threat Actors & Operational Realities 1. Al-Qaeda: Infiltration and Rebuilding 2. The Haqqani Network: The State-Terror Nexus 3. Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP): Border Destabilisation 4. Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP): The Global Insurgency 5. Regional Proxies (ETIM & Central Asian Groups)