Pakistan

Pakistan faces escalating attacks by the TTP in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, intensified Baloch militant assaults in Balochistan, and rising cross‑border tensions with Afghanistan as militants exploit frontier safe havens. Security forces conduct frequent operations and drone strikes amid a broader surge in militancy spilling over from 2025.

Karachi mall fire leaves 81 missing as rescue teams search charred ruins

Death toll rises to 26 as firefighters work through debris of Gul Plaza, exposing failures in building safety enforcement

By Diego Martinez

/ 20 Jan 2026

Karachi mall fire leaves 81 missing as rescue teams search charred ruins

Pakistan's $1.5 billion Sudan arms deal exposes realpolitik logic of proxy warfare

As Khartoum's forces face battlefield reversal, Islamabad and Riyadh see strategic opportunity where others see humanitarian catastrophe

By Viktor Petersen

/ 9 Jan 2026

Pakistan's $1.5 billion Sudan arms deal exposes realpolitik logic of proxy warfare

WFP: Afghanistan faces a winter without a safety net

For the first time in decades, the UN cannot mount a large-scale seasonal response as 17 million face acute hunger

By Layla Hassan

/ 16 Dec 2025

WFP: Afghanistan faces a winter without a safety net

Pakistan, Afghanistan forces clash at Chaman border despite ceasefire

Heavy exchange of fire near Spin Boldak crossing revives tensions days after failed Saudi peace talks

By Alex Thompson

/ 6 Dec 2025

Pakistan, Afghanistan forces clash at Chaman border despite ceasefire

Taliban accuses Pakistan of killing nine children in Khost airstrikes

Afghan authorities allege civilian deaths following Peshawar attack, testing fragile Qatar-brokered ceasefire and exposing sanctuary dispute economics

By Chen Wei-Lin

/ 25 Nov 2025

Taliban accuses Pakistan of killing nine children in Khost airstrikes

Trump Greenlights Saudi F-35 Sale as MBS Arrives at White House

As Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman returns to Washington, the arms deal tests decades of U.S. policy on Israel's military edge and China's technological reach

By Alex Thompson and David Monroe

/ 18 Nov 2025

Trump Greenlights Saudi F-35 Sale as MBS Arrives at White House

Bangladesh at the brink: Sheikh Hasina's trial and the fragile machinery of justice

As the verdict looms in the crimes against humanity trial, Bangladesh confronts fundamental questions about accountability, sovereignty, and whether transitional justice can succeed when regional powers protect the accused

By Chen Wei-Lin

/ 14 Nov 2025

Bangladesh at the brink: Sheikh Hasina's trial and the fragile machinery of justice

Istanbul talks collapse exposes Pakistan-Afghanistan structural deadlock

The failure of Turkey-Qatar mediation reveals how sovereignty disputes and militant sanctuaries create an unsolvable security dilemma despite economic interdependence

By Chen Wei-Lin

/ 8 Nov 2025

Istanbul talks collapse exposes Pakistan-Afghanistan structural deadlock

Turkey convenes regional powers on Gaza: Can Istanbul deliver Palestinian self-rule?

Ankara positions itself as Muslim-world mediator amid deepening schisms over Hamas's future and Israel's endgame

By Layla Hassan

/ 2 Nov 2025

Turkey convenes regional powers on Gaza: Can Istanbul deliver Palestinian self-rule?

Can Turkey-Qatar Mediation End the Afghan-Pakistan Crisis?

Istanbul talks face Afghanistan-Pakistan's Durand Line dispute, TTP sanctuary issue, and competing regional powers. Can external mediation resolve structural conflicts?

By Layla Hassan and Chen Wei-Lin

/ 25 Oct 2025

Can Turkey-Qatar Mediation End the Afghan-Pakistan Crisis?

Trump's Gaza Ceasefire: Strategic Pause or Genuine Peace?

Trump's Gaza peace plan paused the war but left core conflicts unresolved. Analysis reveals why the ceasefire is fragile and what comes next in Phase Two talks.

By Layla Hassan

/ 22 Oct 2025

Trump's Gaza Ceasefire: Strategic Pause or Genuine Peace?

Pakistan Faces Two-Front War as Afghanistan Border Erupts

Pakistan battles violence on Afghan border while managing India ceasefire. Analysis of South Asia's most dangerous security crisis since 1971.

By Layla Hassan and Chen Wei-Lin

/ 19 Oct 2025

Pakistan Faces Two-Front War as Afghanistan Border Erupts