The perception of the Afghan Taliban’s total takeover of the country amid a humiliating U.S. withdrawal is iconic for jihadis, and it is likely to substantially bolster their morale and strength and have the ability to change the dynamics of global terrorism.

Muhammad Ayaz Khan thinks it has been a well-established reality that some leaders here have distorted the election system to advance their personal interests over the interests of the people and the state. This makes us question our faith in our system as it's getting exploited by the powerful.

Sameed Basha, a political analyst discusses how New Zealand Cricket called off the tour minutes before the Rawalpindi match, the team’s first in Pakistan in 18 years. This has disappointed the cricket enthusiast drastically and is a huge blow to Pakistan's reputation.

British geo-strategist, Shane Quinn, gives us a critical analysis of some crucial reasons which led the US government to begin its long involvement in Afghanistan for 20 years. He discusses much of the thinking behind Washington's desire to retain its supremacy and prestige

Saudi and Emirati efforts to define ‘moderate’ Islam as socially more liberal while being subservient to an autocratic ruler is as much an endeavor to ensure regime survival and bolster aspirations to lead the Muslim world as it is an attempt to fend off challenges of religious ultra-conservatism.

According to Dr. Farid A Malik, an Ex chairman of the Pakistan Science Foundation, over the years both record-keeping and the 'Diary System' have been ignored resulting in mass confusion and poor service delivery. Monitoring of daily diary system is the need of hour.

K. Hussan Zia thinks corruption is only a small part of Pakistan's problem. What the country lacks are organization and planning. With a bit of honest initiative, Pakistan, which is run on political whims and fancies, can fix most of its problems, if not all.

The paradigm shift in militants’ strategy hints at the possibility that the presence in a Taliban-governed Afghanistan of various militant Islamist and jihadist groups could turn out to be an advantage in efforts to prevent and contain political violence in Afghanistan.

Mustafa Khan discusses how women in Afghanistan are forced to wear the burqa at all times in public, because, according to one Taliban spokesman, "the face of a woman is a source of corruption" for men not related to them. This has become the norm of Afghanistan.

The COVID-19 pandemic changed life as we know it and it may have changed us individually as well, from our morning routines to our life goals and priorities. In this regard, Dr. Nadeem Jan discusses the important lessons we should learn from the outbreak of Covid 19.

Aneeqa Safdar discusses how cybersecurity policies complement each other and gear a nation and state toward a single objective. In this century of digitalization when all components of national security have a virtual presence, one additional security concern is cybersecurity threats.

The number of terror attacks and the number of resulting fatalities have started to tick up again; sectarianism is growing and the causes feeding into the radicalization of the population not only continue to exist but, in some instances, are aggravating the problem.