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Counterintelligence & Counterterrorism

Terrorism and Insurgency, Militancy and Violent Extremism in Central-South Asia Middle East and Africa

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The Emir Behind the Curtain: Kandahar’s Orchestrated Display of Power and the Taliban’s New Season of Fear

An assessment of Mullah Hibatullah’s tightly controlled appearance, the regime’s escalating security paranoia, emphasis on unity, counterintelligence vigilance, and extremist capability retention

THE TALIBAN TAPESTRY: A SECRET HISTORY OF POWER, PATRONAGE, AND BLOOD

Inside the ISI‑engineered rise of the Taliban: proxy wars, fractured jihadist alliances, and the covert architecture that paved the way for Haibatullah’s absolutist rule.

Fateh Northern Front: A Rising Insurgency in the Shadows of Badakhshan

Wiretapped intelligence reveals Mullah Jumma Khan Fateh’s gold‑funded bid to arm northern depots, rally non‑Pashtun fighters, and challenge Haibatullah’s rule with a breakaway faction.

Current Affairs Dispatch: Shaki District Erupts in Taliban Infighting

Haibatullah’s Omari Army storms Shaki to crush Mullah Jumma Khan Fateh’s northern faction, leaving his inner circle shattered and the battlefront expanding toward Nasi and Darwaz.

Intelligence Assessment: CIA’s Covert Alliance and Tehran’s Counteroffensive

Kurdish Militias vs. Iran’s Proxy Armies: A Brewing Ground War

Operation Eclipse: The Trump Ground Card Unleashed

In the shadows of renewed U.S.–Iran hostilities, Washington engineers a covert alliance ''Kurdish militias, regional powers, and precision warfare'' poised to redraw the map of the Middle East.

Fractures in the Emirate: Haqqani’s Fury at the Rise of the 2021‑Model Taliban

Internal rifts threaten Taliban cohesion

Hidden Frontlines: Power Games in the Shadows

An investigative lens on covert networks, their strategies, and the consequences for global security.

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Afghanistan on the Brink: Taliban’s Biometric Surveillance and Pakistan’s Covert Recruitment Fuel a New Civil War

Cross‑Border Intelligence Maneuvers and the Rise of Armed Resistance Signal a Dangerous Regional Escalation

Taliban–Baloch Nexus: Plotting the Elimination of Afghan Ex‑Soldiers in Pakistan

Helmand Meeting Signals Coordinated Strategy to Neutralize Trained Afghan Resistance Before Re‑Entry

Pakistan’s Shadow War: Afghan Ex‑Soldiers Recruited for Balochistan Operations

Selective Border Policies and Covert Recruitment Signal Islamabad’s Expanding Intelligence Strategy

Intelligence Assessment: How Iran, Pakistan, and Tajikistan Are Shaping a Multi‑Front Storm Against the Taliban

Assessing the Probability of Coordinated Armed Resistance Across Three Fronts

THE TALIBAN’S FIVE‑YEAR COUNTDOWN: Baradar’s Desperate Gambit as the Regime’s Lifeline Frays

Inside the clandestine push to resurrect U.S. negotiations as armed resistance ignites across northern Afghanistan

Taliban Leader's Northern Doctrine: Weaponizing Tajik Commanders to Crush Tajik Resistance

Ethnic Reversal Warfare: How the Taliban Are Deploying Tajik Commanders to Decapitate Tajik‑Led Resistance Movements

Strategic Assesment: The Northern Quiet Convergence of Resistance Against Taliban Rule

An emerging cross‑border insurgent current reshapes the security landscape from Badakhshan to Balochistan

Strategic Assessment: Taliban–Tajikistan Security Dialogue and the Expanding Jihadist Threat in Northern Afghanistan

When Kabul Met Dushanbe: A Confrontation Over Shadows Beyond the Northern Frontier

Iran’s Covert Appeal to the Taliban Exposes a Fractured Militant Landscape as U.S. Airstrikes Reshape the Region

IRGC’s Call to the Taliban Reveals a Dangerous Gap in Militant Control Across South‑Central Asia

The Northern Accord: How a Fractured Taliban Power Struggle Was Dragged Back from the Brink

A month‑long confrontation over gold, authority, and ethnic power centers forces the Taliban’s top brass into Badakhshan

Relocating Uyghur & Uzbek Militants: The Taliban’s High‑Risk Gamble to Shield China’s Golden Lifelines in Badakhshan

Internal Taliban dispute over relocation of Uyghur and Uzbek militant‑linked migrant camps to Badakhshan Province

Shattered Allegiances: The Rebirth of Jamaat‑ul‑Ahrar and the Return of a Regional Menace

How a splinter born from ideological defiance and internal betrayal has re‑emerged as a standalone jihadist force, threatening to destabilize the Afghanistan–Pakistan corridor once again