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[Thread] I’m very pleased to share my latest report, “Afghanistan’s Terrorism Challenge: The Political Trajectories of al-Qaeda, the Afghan Taliban, and the Islamic State,” published by the @MiddleEastInst. 1/10https://www.mei.edu/p
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Is the TTP resurging? Some angles on the trajectory and internal politics of the TTP. 1/n Formed in 2007, TTP remains one of the most lethal center-seeking insurgent movements in
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[THREAD] Today, a year since the Indian government's removal of Kashmir's autonomy, I read three important reports on the politics surrounding Kashmir since the Indian government's decision. Some highlights from
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Why do the Taliban release photos of interactions with senior US leaders before the US says anything? Some say it is for int’l legitimacy but I think it is more
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In this 2010 interview to Iftikhar Ahmed, general Ziauddin Butt -- who remained Pak's army chief for ~ 3 hours until Musharraf's coup -- tells the story of his meeting
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If PLA has changed the status quo along the LAC, will India scramble in Kargil-esque way to revert the old status-quo or settle with the new reality? I don't know.
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Some unrelated thoughts on India-China standoff: I have seen & considered a number of scenarios of India-Pak escalation triggered by a terror attack in India but none in which India
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On the politics of eid from Kabul to Kashmir: 1/n For much of the day, Pakistan’s minister for science & tech and the cleric in-charge of moon sighting sparred over
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Some thoughts on al-Qaida and international terror in light of Attorney General Barr announcing AQAP behind Pensacola Naval Air Station attack: 1/n 1. Al-Qaida analysts have been debating the group's
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