Key Security Developments:
⚓ Jiwani, Balochistan — BLA carries out first-ever maritime strike against a Pakistan Coast Guard patrol boat in the Arabian Sea near the Pakistan-Iran border
🛡️ Dhahran, Saudi Arabia — Pakistan activates Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement with Saudi Arabia
New from The Durand Dispatch: “Analyzing Invade: Islamic State's New Pakistan-Focused Propaganda Magazine.”
🔗 Read here: www.duranddispatch.com/p/analyzing-...
New from The Durand Dispatch: “Analyzing Invade: Islamic State's New Pakistan-Focused Propaganda Magazine.”
🔗 Read here: www.duranddispatch.com/p/analyzing-...
Very good overview of the Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict here by @amirajadoon.bsky.social
Biggest concern from my perspective is that the Islamic State Khorasan finds room to expand amid the conflict
warontherocks.com/2026/03/open...
Our latest @Durand_Dispatch Strategic Messaging August/Sept issue is now out! The issue examines critical security developments reshaping the Afghanistan-Pakistan region with implications for broader stability: read summary/full issue here:
duranddispatch.com/p/durand-dis...
Our latest @Durand_Dispatch Strategic Messaging August/Sept issue is now out! The issue examines critical security developments reshaping the Afghanistan-Pakistan region with implications for broader stability: read summary/full issue here:
duranddispatch.com/p/durand-dis...
Releasing next week. signup here: www.duranddispatch.com
💡 Regional Crisis Management: The Israel-Iran escalation provides a fascinating case study in South Asian strategic responses - from Pakistan's border closures to India's calculated ambiguity. 📄 Access/Subscribe for the full analysis: www.duranddispatch.com
🗺️ Border Paradoxes: Despite ambassador-level diplomatic upgrades, Durand Line tensions persist. Our research explores how security imperatives consistently override economic integration initiatives.
📈 Afghan Isolation Dynamics: Critical analysis of compounding challenges - U.S. travel restrictions, UN gender apartheid warnings, and the Taliban's Chinese contract cancellation - revealing deepening international disengagement.
🌐 Strategic Realignments: COAS Munir's unprecedented White House visit, China's $3.4B financial package coupled with J-35 fighter offerings, and Pakistan's elevation to UN Counter-Terrorism Committee vice-chair - suggesting a recalibration of regional partnerships.
🚨 New issue is out! June 2025 Durand Dispatch Perspectives. duranddispatch.com
Insights on Militancy & Security Dynamics from the AfPak region, and South-Central Asia.
📊 We break down responses by:
🔹 Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS)
🔹 Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
🔹 Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM)
🔹 Baloch separatist groups
🔹 Islamic State Khorasan Province supporters (ISKP)
Durand Dispatch Infographic: Strategic Opportunism: Militant Organizations' Exploitation of the India-Pakistan Crisis. Following the April Pahalgam attack and military escalation, several groups seized the moment.
🔽 Download here: lnkd.in/eum5Zpjm
Subscribe for free: duranddispatch.com
New research by @brianjphillips.bsky.social: "Who Are the Terrorism Researchers? A Study of Scholars in an Evolving Field, 1970–2019" www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🚨Future Monitor: Emerging Threats - Strategic reorganization of militant groups continues with the notable merger of Lashkar-e-Islam, Hafiz Gul Bahadur Group
📌 Miscellaneous - Recent research, governmental statements, and expert analyses
📣Evolving Propaganda Strategies: Militant groups continue refining their strategic messaging with TTP escalating operations while targeting urban centers; ISKP delegitimizing rivals through sophisticated media campaigns; AQIS weaves together glob
🚨 Security Vulnerabilities: Proliferation of sophisticated American weapons left behind in Afghanistan amongst militant groups; increasingly favors non-state actors and complicates counterterrorism efforts.
🌐 Shifting Global Alignments: evidence of strategic realignment, with Russia removing the Taliban from its terrorist list 🇷🇺 & China deepening economic involvement in Afghanistan 🇨🇳 Central Asian states hosted an summit of security chiefs.
🚨Regional Tensions Escalate : India-Pakistan relations reached a dangerous inflection point following the deadly Pahalgam attack in Indian-administered Kashmir..
🌐🌏 The Durand Dispatch Monthly Newsletter April-May 2025 is out today!
The latest issue examines critical security dynamics across Afghanistan-Pakistan and South-Central Asia during April 2025. 📬 Subscribe for free: www.duranddispatch.com/p/the-durand...
🎉There have been several new @ejisbisa.bsky.social articles published on FirstView this week!🎉
Link to read - buff.ly/FB1bFzp
@cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social @justinmassie.bsky.social
@tberger.bsky.social @jasonralph.bsky.social
@ruthdeyermond.bsky.socialv @amirajadoon.bsky.social
🌍 Between Borders and Politics: The Woes of Afghan Refugees in Pakistan: New Feature Article by Qambar Ali for the @Durand_Dispatch on the timely issue of Afghan Refugee Deportations. 📰 Read/Subscribe here: www.duranddispatch.com/p/between-bo...
🌐 The Durand Dispatch: March/April 2025 Monthly Newsletter is now out! A concise review of recent security and militancy developments across the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.
Read here: www.duranddispatch.com/p/the-durand...
Subscribe here: www.duranddispatch.com.
Very good overview of current tensions & issues between #Pakistan & the #Taliban in #Afghanistan by @amirajadoon.bsky.social in today's @warontherocks.bsky.social 👇
warontherocks.com/2025/03/deco...
📢New event alert!
Join us for a discussion on ISKP’s evolution from regional stronghold to global threat!
Experts Dr. @amirajadoon.bsky.social & Dr. Ahmadzai dive deep into its impact. Moderated by Senior Research Fellow @altuna.bsky.social.
Don't miss out!
🗓️27 March | 🕙10am ET
Register now!