Afghanistan Archives - CommandEleven

Aug

By Syed Khalid Muhammad Afghanistan, Geopolitics, Interviews, Pakistan, Terrorism No Comments

Understanding the Durand Line in Pak-Afghan Clashes

Syed Khalid Muhammad, Executive Director - CommandEleven, spoke with Sputnik India's Pawan Atri about the Durand Line conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Jul

By Syed Khalid Muhammad Afghanistan, Interviews, Pakistan, Terrorism No Comments

Challenges with the TTP and Taliban in Kabul

Syed Khalid Muhammad, Executive Director of CommandEleven, spoke in detail with Sputnik India’s Pawan Atri about Pakistan’s challenges with the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Taliban government in Kabul.

Jun

By Syed Khalid Muhammad Afghanistan, Pakistan, Terrorism No Comments

Historical Reference

This post is a historical collection of what CommandEleven has said in the past about the activities of the Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISKP) and the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).

Jun

By Niels Groeneveld Afghanistan, Briefing Papers, Pakistan, Terrorism No Comments

Understanding the Taliban

The Kandahari Faction of the Taliban has often been overshadowed by other factions and militant groups, but its relevance in shaping the Afghan insurgency and regional geopolitics cannot be understated. While most focus on the Taliban as a monolithic entity, or pay particular attention to the Haqqani Network due to its operational audacity, the Kandahari Faction represents a unique amalgam of ideological resilience, military capability, and strategic diplomacy that has long-lasting implications for peace and security in Afghanistan and beyond.

Jun

By Niels Groeneveld Afghanistan, Briefing Papers, Pakistan, Terrorism No Comments

Understanding the Haqqani Network

The Haqqani Network stands as one of Afghanistan's most notorious insurgent groups. With close ties to the Taliban and led by the Haqqani family, this network has played a significant role in the country's conflict.

Jun

By Syed Khalid Muhammad Afghanistan, Pakistan, Terrorism No Comments

TTP Strength

Emboldened for the reason that the Taliban could not take action against them because senior al-Qaeda (AQ) commanders and fighters believed the TTP was right in striking Pakistan for their position during the War on Terror. Noor Wali Mehsud was so confident on this belief that he told both the Prime Minister and the Deputy Defence Minister of Afghanistan that if the Taliban continued to push the TTP to stop cross-border attacks they would pledge their allegiance to ISKP.

May

By Syed Khalid Muhammad Afghanistan, Geopolitics, Terrorism No Comments

Understanding the Positions on Afghanistan

While many will disagree with us, we have spent months discussing the situation in Afghanistan, and these statements don’t track with the on-ground reality. We’ve also clearly said that the force that would replace the Taliban in Afghanistan will be more brutal than any terror group the world has seen thus far.

May

By Syed Khalid Muhammad Afghanistan, Geopolitics, Terrorism No Comments

The Coming Militant Civil War in Afghanistan

Global terrorism is about to explode with the European Cup, Summer Olympics, and ICC T20 Cricket World Cup on the horizon, as Afghanistan slips into a very quick and very bloody militant civil war.

May

By Syed Khalid Muhammad Afghanistan, Geopolitics, Pakistan, Terrorism No Comments

Buffer Zones

There are some Pakistani X handles advocating in favor of creating a buffer zone between Pakistan and Afghanistan. We fully believe those that are advocating for the creation of such an area are either misinformed, lack the proper knowledge or are conspiring to ceded Pakistani territory to terrorists.

May

By Syed Khalid Muhammad Afghanistan, Geopolitics, Pakistan, Podcasts, Terrorism No Comments

The Current Situation on the Pak-Afghan Border

The Insiders host, Syed Khalid Muhammad, takes a few moments to discuss what is happening on the Pak-Afghan border and the situation in Afghanistan. Khalid speaks in relative detail about the reasons for the Taliban is unable to remove or restrain the Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) cross-border attacks against Pakistan, sharing insight on what would happen if the TTP were expelled and what the potential next moves are for the Islamic State – Khorasan Province.

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