Pakistan’s War on Terror

Syed Khalid Muhammad, Executive Director – CommandEleven, joined Syed Shabahat Ali on Fault Lines to discuss Pakistan’s War on Terror and the current security dynamics in the country with the resurgence of the Tehrik-i-Taliban (TTP) and Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISKP).
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The Techocrat Thought

A few days ago, I released an article, which will be published shortly in a couple of magazines. One of the recommendations in the article related to a ‘technocrat government’, a concept that I have been advocating of and on since quite a while now. Having read the article, Haider Raza Mehdi, a journalist and analyst, was highly critical of my suggestions.
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China Lifting Ban on Makki

Syed Khalid Muhammad, CommandEleven Executive Director, spoke with RT’s Runjhun Sharma on The Weekly programme on the potential impact between China-Pakistan and India-Pakistan relations due to China lifting their ban of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) Deputy Chief Abdul Rehman Makki being added to the United Nation’s terrorist ban list.
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The Art of Statecraft

Pakistan, a unique State that came into existence in 1947 and ever since then has remained in search of a national identity. The justification for demanding and then acquiring a separate homeland is vehemently supported by the ‘two nation theory’. That is usually explained as that Hindus and Muslims were two separate nations and could never live together.
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ISKP Escalation in Afghanistan

Syed Khalid Muhammad, CommandEleven Executive Director, joined Syed Shabahat Ali on PTV World’s Fault Lines to discuss the escalation of violence in Afghanistan by Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISKP) in recent months and indications of what the future of the conflict holds for both Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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Demystifing Daesh (ISKP)

Syed Khalid Muhammad, CommandEleven Executive Director, was a guest on Syed Shabahat Ali’s Fault Lines program to discuss the Islamic State and its expansion into Afghanistan and the Indian sub-continent. Khalid goes into specific detail on what brought ISKP into existence, the similarities between the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and the difference with the Afghan Taliban.
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Entrapped

Indeed, even this benevolent soul who with the passage of time fell for his abductor, did not voluntarily stroll into the net. The hunters, like the commanders on the battlefield, go great lengths to persuade their game walk into the killing zone. It’s quite a feat, and some of us obviously like to claim credit – even if the prey got into trouble without our help.
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