
The Taliban Grid: Hybrid Biometric Threats in Afghanistan
Analysis of the Taliban’s current surveillance capabilities, combining captured US military biometric data (HIIDE/BAT) with modern Chinese facial recognition infrastructure.
Focusing on Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka, this theater represents a primary tri-threat landscape. Analysis targets nuclear escalation ladders, the command-and-control of regional proxy networks, cross-border kinetic friction, and the tactical utilization of 5th Generation Warfare (5GW).

Analysis of the Taliban’s current surveillance capabilities, combining captured US military biometric data (HIIDE/BAT) with modern Chinese facial recognition infrastructure.

Analysis of the Taliban’s current surveillance capabilities, combining captured US military biometric data (HIIDE/BAT) with modern Chinese facial recognition infrastructure.

CommandEleven’s 2026 assessment of hybrid warfare along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border — covering the Cyber-Kinetic Model, cognitive warfare, and Taliban narrative strategy versus Islamabad.

CommandEleven assesses Pakistan’s position in the global semiconductor race – evaluating strategic options, regional competition from India and China, and the geopolitical implications of chip dependency.

CommandEleven examines Russia’s warning that Afghanistan is home to up to 23,000 active terrorist fighters and the spillover risk this poses across Central Asia and the broader region.

CommandEleven conducts a battle damage assessment of Pakistan’s kinetic strikes inside Afghan territory – evaluating military effectiveness, civilian impact, and strategic implications for bilateral relations.

We are always honored when CommandEleven is cited by respected researchers like Graham Aikin from King’s College’s King’s Center for the Study of Intelligence.
Graham crafted an in-depth study into the failure of the Afghanistan project since the US withdrawal and what the future holds for the country.

In Pakistan’s continuing War on Terror, we are always talking about the weapons and equipment left behind by the catastrophic Biden administration withdrawal from Afghanistan in September 2021. Leaving over US$ 7 billion in weapons and equipment in the hands of the Taliban and global terror groups was a compounded mistake.

CommandEleven’s intelligence analysis of the Pakistan-Taliban conflict — assessing military effectiveness, narrative warfare, TTP operations, and whether Islamabad can force a Taliban crackdown.

CommandEleven’s incident report on the Dera Ismail Khan Police Training Center attack — perpetrators, Ittihadul Mujahideen Pakistan affiliation, and the pattern of rising TTP-linked violence in KPK.

Intelligence briefing on Pakistan’s targeted strikes against TTP leadership in Afghanistan following cross-border infiltration and kinetic friction.