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FATA
August 01, 2022
Pakistan’s Peace Gamble With the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan
By Salman Rafi Sheikh
With the TTP’s history of failed agreements and its demand to establish exclusive control over the former FATA, why is Pakistan so keen on talks?
October 08, 2019
The Return of the Pakistani Taliban
By Kunwar Khuldune Shahid
After fading in the wake of 2014’s Operation Zarb-e-Azb, the TTP is poised for a resurgence.
February 01, 2019
A Year Later, a Civil Rights Movement Soldiers on in Pakistan
By Afrasiab Khattak
The February 2018 Islamabad sit-in gave birth to the most dynamic, active, and nonviolent youth political uprising Pakistan has seen.
November 05, 2018
Return From a Pakistan Dungeon
By Shah Meer Baloch
Thousands of people have been “disappeared” in Pakistan. And for those who reappear, life is never the same.
June 27, 2018
How Can Islamabad Further Isolate the Pakistani Taliban?
By Umair Jamal
Pakistan has a chance to isolate the militant group if the country decides to completely support the Afghan peace process.
May 30, 2018
Understanding the Realpolitik Behind Pakistan's FATA-KP Provincial Merger
By Umair Jamal
Why did a long-proposed idea to unite FATA and KP finally come to fruition now, in 2018?
February 24, 2018
Pakistan’s ‘FATA Spring’
By Daud Khattak
Protests in Pakistan's tribal areas signal the rise of a younger, more educated, and technologically savvy generation.
February 08, 2018
Pashtun Tribes Stage Unprecedented Protest in Pakistan
By Daud Khattak
Pashtuns from Pakistan's tribal regions are demanding an end to decades of mistreatment.
April 07, 2017
Pakistan's National Security Adviser on Counterterrorism
By Zeeshan Salahuddin
Lt. Gen. Janjua speaks about his strategy and his views on current progress in Pakistan’s fight on terror.
March 10, 2017
Why Political Reforms in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas Are Essential
By Umair Jamal
The government in Pakistan seeks to bring the country’s tribal areas into the mainstream body politic.
March 01, 2017
Pakistan’s Pashtun Profiling
By Farooq Yousaf
Pakistan's government is labeling Pashtuns as terror suspects based solely on ethnicity.
November 21, 2016
Juggling Nationalism and Islam: Pakistan Takes on Militants in the FATA
By Umair Jamal
The Pakistani state must end its support and tolerance of jihadist militants in the country's tribal areas.
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