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Tuesday, November 18, 2025

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The Rise of Afghan Autonomy and Pakistan’s Grip Slipping Away
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Omer Waziri November 18, 2025November 18, 2025 Afghan peace process, Afghan-Pakistan relations, afghanistan, border tensions, cross-border conflict, international security analysis, Islamabad policy, Kabul relations, militant resurgence, pakistan, Regional Geopolitics, South Asia security, South Asian politics, taliban, TTP

The Rise of Afghan Autonomy and Pakistan’s Grip Slipping Away

A return to the zero-sum mentality that dominated earlier epochs — where Kabul was binary: allied or hostile — will

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Anwar Alam November 17, 2025November 17, 2025 1971 Liberation War legacy, Anwar A Khan, Awami League, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh coup allegations, Bangladesh crisis 2024, Bangladesh military politics, Bangladesh politics, Bangladesh unrest, Dhanmondi 32 attack, geopolitical interference Bangladesh, Jamaat BNP nexus, minority persecution Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus interim government, political instability Bangladesh, Saint Martin’s Island geopolitics, sheikh hasina, South Asia Politics, student movement Bangladesh, Western intelligence agencies

OPINION: The Orchestrated Downfall of Sheikh Hasina in Bangladesh

Hyenas of the defeated forces of 1971 now roam unchallenged. A medieval darkness has descended upon the sacred land of

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Michael Arizanti November 13, 2025 Amnesty International Pakistan, Bolo Bhi digital rights, civic space shrinking Pakistan, digital repression Pakistan, enforced disappearances Pakistan, EU foreign policy Pakistan, European Union Pakistan relations, human rights diplomacy, Human Rights Watch Pakistan, internet freedom Pakistan, online censorship Pakistan, Pakistan 27th Amendment debate, Pakistan civil liberties, Pakistan democracy crisis, Pakistan digital censorship, Pakistan freedom of expression, Pakistan human rights crisis, Pakistan internet shutdowns, Pakistan journalists abductions, Pakistan media blackout, Pakistan military influence, Pakistan protest crackdowns, Pakistan surveillance laws, PECA amendments, PEMRA censorship

Europe’s Silence on Pakistan: Digital Repression, Zero Accountability

European states and institutions face a choice. They can treat Pakistan’s clampdown as a bilateral stability problem — useful to

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Arun Anand November 13, 2025 27th Constitutional Amendment, Asim Munir, Ayub Khan, Chief of Defence Forces Pakistan, constitutional amendment Pakistan, Field Marshal Asim Munir, Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, military supremacy in Pakistan, National Command Authority Pakistan, Pakistan army influence, Pakistan civil-military relations, Pakistan Constitution Article 243, Pakistan governance, Pakistan military, Pakistan military dominance, Pakistan nuclear command, Pakistan political crisis, Pakistan politics analysis, Pakistan power consolidation, Pakistani democracy, Pervez Musharraf, Sahir Shamshad Mirza, Shehbaz Sharif government, Zia-ul-Haq

Pakistan’s 27th Amendment: Munir’s Quiet Military Takeover

This clause would mark the first time in Pakistan’s history that the entire military chain of command is legally and

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Siddhant Kishore October 30, 2025October 30, 2025 Asim Munir, counterterrorism in South Asia, digital jihad financing, FATF Pakistan, hafiz saeed, Islamabad counterterror narrative, Jaishe-e-Mohammad, Jem, JeM digital wallets, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Masood Azhar, Operation Sindoor, Pakistan counterterrorism, Pakistan digital terror funding, Pakistan diplomatic paradox, Pakistan extremism, Pakistan foreign policy, Pakistan grey list, Pakistan India relations, Pakistan international credibility, Pakistan jihadist groups, Pakistan militant networks, Pakistan military doctrine, Pakistan regional security, Pakistan safe havens, Pakistan SCO RATS, Pakistan state-sponsored terrorism, Pakistan terror proxies, Pakistan terrorism complicity, Pakistan terrorism hypocrisy, Pakistan terrorism leadership, Pakistan terrorism paradox, Pakistan terrorism policy, Pakistan terrorism sponsorship, Pakistan US relations, Pakistan women jihad units, regional counterterror cooperation, Talha Saeed, terror financing in Pakistan, terror hubs in Pakistan, terrorism in South Asia, terrorism sponsorship, US Pakistan policy

Pakistan’s Counterterrorism Paradox: The Irony of Leadership and Complicity

Until Pakistan matches words with actions, its participation in regional counterterror frameworks will remain a facade. When Pakistan assumed the chair of the

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Arun Anand October 27, 2025October 27, 2025 Afghan Taliban Pakistan, ANP Pakistan, Awami National Party, Bacha Khan, counterterrorism operations Pakistan, Durand Line conflict, enforced disappearances Pakistan, ethnic politics Pakistan, FATA merger, Frontier Gandhi, human rights violations Pakistan Army, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa inequality, missing persons Pakistan, Pakistan Afghanistan relations, Pakistan ethnic tensions, Pakistan internal conflict, Pakistan proxy wars, Pakistan security policy, Pakistan war on terror, Pakistani military repression, Pashtun discrimination, Pashtun human rights, Pashtun identity, Pashtun marginalisation, Pashtun nationalism, Pashtun rights movement, Pashtun socio-economic inequality, Pashtun Tahafuz Movement, Pashtun–Punjabi relations, Pashtunistan movement, PTM, Punjabi dominance Pakistan, Punjabi state Pakistan, Rah-e-Rast, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, tribal areas Pakistan, TTP, U.S. drone strikes Pakistan, Zarb-e-Azb

Pashtun Nationalism and the Punjabi State: Pakistan’s Unfinished War Within

For the Pashtun people, questioning Pakistan Army’s role and pointing its misconduct in the tribal belt is to invite accusations

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Michael Arizanti October 24, 2025October 24, 2025 Afghan sovereignty, Baramulla massacre, crimes against humanity Kashmir, Durand Line dispute, human rights in Kashmir, India rescue mission Kashmir 1947, Jaish e Mohammad origins, Jammu and Kashmir history, Kashmir conflict truth, Kashmir geopolitics analysis, Kashmir infrastructure development India, Kashmir invasion, Lashkar e Taiba origins, Michael Arizanti article, Operation Gulmarg, Pakistan 1947 invasion, Pakistan Afghanistan conflict, Pakistan colonial legacy, Pakistan military establishment, Pakistan occupied Kashmir human rights, Pakistan proxies, Pakistan state terrorism, Pakistan strategic depth, Pakistan terrorism strategy, Pashtun persecution Pakistan, Pashtun rights, Pashtunistan issue, PoK oppression, PTM protests, UN Kashmir resolution facts

Occupation as Statecraft: Pakistan’s 1947 Kashmir Invasion and Its Endless Proxies

Pakistan was the aggressor in Kashmir. Pakistan has sabotaged Afghan sovereignty. Pakistan continues to deny Pashtuns self-determination. As a Swedish

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Advocate Shahanur Islam October 21, 2025October 21, 2025 abuse of power, Advocate Shahanur Islam, arbitrary detention, Awami League lawyers, Bangladesh interim government, Bangladeshi judiciary, civil liberties Bangladesh, fabricated charges, freedom of expression Bangladesh, High Court bail abuse, human rights in Bangladesh, human rights violations, ICCPR violations, international human rights advocacy, JMBF, judicial independence, justice system Bangladesh, JusticeMakers Bangladesh in France, lawyer arrests Bangladesh, legal community under threat, legal persecution, Muhammad Yunus, Nobel laureate controversy, persecution of lawyers, political imprisonment, political repression, rule of law Bangladesh, state repression, suppression of dissent, UN Basic Principles on the Role of Lawyers, weaponizing imprisonment

OPINION: Bangladesh’s War on Lawyers Under the Yunus Regime

The interim government’s influence extends deep into the judiciary. Judges are pressured; prosecutors are politicized. Instead of being released on

Asia News Opinion

Dr. Anjuman A. Islam October 20, 2025 abuse of power, authoritarianism, civil rights, democracy erosion, extrajudicial violence, governance crisis, government accountability, human rights abuses, human rights violations, interim regime, justice system, law and order breakdown, military regime, political analysis, political instability, political repression, regime brutality, rule of law, state violence, state-sponsored violence

OPINION: Mohammad Yunus turns Bangladesh into a Stage of Horror

Co-Author SM Faiyaz Hossain Under the current interim regime, extrajudicial violence has not merely been tolerated; it has been routinized.

Advocate Shahanur Islam October 18, 2025October 18, 2025 authoritarianism, bangladesh, democracy, freedom of speech, government crackdown, human rights, judicial abuse, justice system, lawyers in prison, legal persecution, Muhammad Yunus, political prisoners, political repression, rule of law

OPINION: How the Yunus Interim Government Weaponized Justice in Bangladesh

Statistics cannot capture the sound of a cell door closing on a lawyer who once argued for others’ freedom. It

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