How Pakistan uses militants to gain regional influence
In this op-ed, Rahmatullah Nabil explores Pakistan’s approach to ISIS-K as both a challenge to the Taliban and a means to strengthen its counterterrorism ties...
Afghanistan’s Pablo Escobar Returns Home. Why Now?
Rahmatullah Nabil discusses two possibilities that would follow the release of Bashar Noorzai in exchange for the freeing of an American citizen abducted in Afg...
Qayyum Zakir, Taliban’s savior or scapegoat?
In this op-ed, former intelligence chief Rahmatullah Nabil explains why Taliban has appointed a key commander to lead the fighting in Panjshir and Andarab valle...
Aiman al-Zawahiri’s death; a confrontation or a deal?
Rahmatullah Nabil analyses three possibilities about the US operation to target al-Qaeda leader Aiman al-Zawahiri in the heart of the Afghan capital....