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.
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.
Targeting Pakistan’s ballistic missile program, the U.S. State Department has designated four (04) foreign entities under Executive Order 13382 for proliferating missile-applicable equipment and technology.
The identified deficiencies within Pakistan’s intelligence services span a spectrum of crucial domains. Firstly, the lack of effective preventive measures highlights a fundamental weakness in proactive intelligence gathering and preemptive action. Despite purported warnings issued to targeted individuals, the inability to forestall these operations reveals a critical gap in Pakistan’s security architecture.
Pakistan’s defense and security landscape faces a complex array of multilateral challenges, including both kinetic and non-kinetic threats, technological disruptions, and newly emerging threats.
Salman Lali, a Contributing Fellow at CommandEleven, joined Yasmeen Ali to discuss the implications and complications that will arise from deporting Afghan refugees back to Afghanistan. Salman spoke in detail about the security and humanitarian concerns that will develop as a result of the Government of Pakistan’s decision to re-start the deportment of Afghans from Pakistan, even if they have a valid Afghan Refugee card.
Expert analysis of Pakistan’s judicial crisis: Ahad Cheema case and the controversial letter from 6 Supreme Court judges. Insights on governance breakdown.
From the January 17th missile attack from Iran on Jaish-ul-Adl camps to the significant uptick in insurgent and terrorist violence in the province, 93 attacks in January alone, 2024 proves to be a bloody year for the Baluchistan province. In response to Iran’s missile attack, Pakistan launches 7 strikes inside Iran on Baluchistan Liberation Army (BLA) camps, which brought a short-term diplomatic freeze in relations and an escalation on both sides that required international players to step in to cool tension before another escalation took place in the region.
Despite encountering a written death threat, purportedly from the Indian intelligence agency, Research & Analysis Wing (RAW), I ensured that the Indian government omitted the name “Pakistan” as an alleged exporter of terrorism, along with excluding mentions of the “Mumbai and Pathankot attacks” from crucial joint statements.
No nation achieves greatness without aligning its citizens towards a common vision. Unfortunately, Pakistan currently faces a stark reality: societal fragmentation stands at its peak. Among the contributing factors, one of the most crucial is the absence of clearly defined, short- and long-term national goals.
Syed Khalid Muhammad, Executive Director – CommandEleven, discusses the internet and telephone block during election day in Pakistan and the manipulation of Pakistan’s election on 8 February 2024.
Syed Khalid Muhammad, CommandEleven Executive Director, discussed in detail the security challenges that Pakistan’s new government faces in both Baluchistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa from insurgency and terrorism from Baluchistan Liberation Army (BLA) and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP).
Analyzing the export of regional insecurity from Afghan soil. Focus on TTP, ISKP, and the failure of border management protocols.
I see chaos before me and confusion all around – the future is dark and hope illusive. People have become irrelevant – their needs immaterial, the judiciary an accessory to crime, the government an accomplice to anarchy; it is why I am reminded of the famous saying when, ‘one party is shameless the other cannot afford to be spineless’.
Syed Khalid Muhammad, Executive Director – CommandEleven, spoke to Russia Today about the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ending their ceasefire and announcing attacks in Pakistan.
Lt Gen Tariq Khan (Retd) on the New Great Game after the US exit from Afghanistan: Indo-US alignment, a closer Pakistan-China axis and Pakistan’s stakes.
PMOLeaks was not Pakistan’s first breach: a record of known hacks and leaks since 2008, the tradecraft behind them and the state’s failure to respond.
Ours is not the only country in which the military has guns, but is certainly amongst those where the political power continues to flow through their barrel. If that’s what led some of our selectors go down the ladder to find an army chief who would spare their throne, it always backfired: not necessarily because of a bad choice
Syed Khalid Muhammad, CommandEleven Executive Director, spoke with Russia Today about the re-emergence of the Tehrek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in the settled region of Swat.
Syed Khalid Muhammad, Executive Director – CommandEleven, spoke with Russia Today on the on-going peace talks between the Tehrek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the Government of Pakistan.
Syed Khalid Muhammad, CommandEleven Executive Director, spoke with Russia Today about the long-standing relationship between China and Pakistan, after the attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi.
Andrew Korybko argues Russia’s S-400 sale to India complicates Pakistan’s security but won’t derail fast-improving Russia-Pakistan ties.
Andrew Korybko argues the Pakistan-Afghanistan-Uzbekistan railway lets Pakistan balance China, Russia and the US and lead the ECO.
A retired officer revisits the Ayub era, 1965 and the loss of East Pakistan, and argues Musharraf’s NRO legitimised the corruption now crippling Pakistan.
Andrew Korybko rebuts Michael Kugelman’s claim that Pakistan hasn’t criticised the Taliban, citing Imran Khan’s measured critiques on girls’ education.
Lt Gen Tariq Khan (Retd) rejects claims that Pakistani safe havens explain Taliban gains, pointing to the ANA’s collapse and the US decision to withdraw.
The continued cliche of the famous “Strategic Depth” used to beat Pakistan with was a ridiculous concept, thrown up by a brigadier at the National Defense University (NDU), then known as the NDC, was purely an academic discussion, never a State Policy.
Lt Gen Tariq Khan (Retd) argues the Afghan civil war after the US exit was predictable and that the real threat to Pakistan is pressure on CPEC.
Our elected leaders on the other hand can fire verbal salvos with impunity.
A profile of Antony Blinken and what Pakistan should seek from the Biden team: trade not aid, the Afghan deal, WoT dues, and no US role on Kashmir.
India may have learnt a thing or two from the Jewish state, but has taken the pain therapy to such sublime depths that even the Pakistanis can be numbed before the next dose is administered.
Prisons are overcrowded because a large number of people for Pre-trial/ remand are put in jail. This leads to issue of Prison Radicalisation because extremists can easily connect with ordinary people and propagate extremism. Many youth and ordinary prisoners end up with terrorist organizations.
Army’s intervention in politics – rightly or wrongly, directly or indirectly –brings the constitution and the institutions under stress. Creating a political structure around some selected figures is its compulsion, both for legitimacy and for the outreach.
CommandEleven’s eleven commandments of intelligence gathering, from ‘Thou shalt always be on the offensive’ to ‘Thou shalt never get caught’.
Argues Sindh’s 2018 provincial election was distorted by unfair delimitation, comparing the seats each party won with its share of the vote.
