Category: Sector: Government

Geopolitics
Syed Khalid Muhammad

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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Hybrid Warfare
Syed Khalid Muhammad

Symmetric vs Asymmetric Warfare – Iran

First, while the US has already put its statement out publicly that they will not support Israel striking Iran directly, that does not mean they will be allowed to step back, due to the strength of the Israeli lobbyists in Congress and the House of Representatives.

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Cognitive Warfare
Hassan Saleem Awan

Double Edged Sword of Social Media — Empowering Yet Disruptive

Effective government control over traditional media is not the sole reason for the youth’s preference for social media. Commercialization, cost, dull and monotonous content, editorial gatekeeping, lack of diversity, limited access and coverage, one-way communication, sensationalism, and time delays are among the many other factors contributing to this shift.

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Indian Subcontinent
Syed Khalid Muhammad

What 2024 Holds For Pakistan

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.

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Broadcast YouTube
Syed Khalid Muhammad

Security Situation in Afghanistan

Syed Khalid Muhammad, Executive Director – CommandEleven, joined Syed Shabahat Ali’s FaultLines program on PTV World to discuss the security situation in Afghanistan & the challenges to the region from the Taliban, and ISKP over the next few months. He also be discussed the emerging security conflict facing the Taliban in Afghanistan.

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Podcasts
Syed Khalid Muhammad

The Emerging Security Situation in Afghanistan

In this episode of The Insiders, Syed Khalid Muhammad talks about the emerging security situation in Afghanistan with a weakening Taliban, a rising Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISKP), the changing alliances of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) and other groups, and the security implications for Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, China, and the Central Asian Republics (CARs).

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Geopolitics
Syed Khalid Muhammad

Security Challenges for the New Government

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).

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