April 2025 attack in Pahalgam, which resulted in the loss of civil-security personnel, did not provoke an immediate retaliatory strike from India. This deviation from past patterns, such as the Balakot airstrike of 2019, has puzzled many analysts. While public expectations leaned towards a swift kinetic response, India maintained a calibrated silence. This restraint does not imply strategic inertia but suggests an evolving doctrine shaped by regional complexities, global alignments, and domestic political calculus. India’s hesitance is not a retreat but a reflection of the growing understanding that militarised responses do not resolve established patterns of cross-border insurgency.
Tag: Terrorism
Is the Pahalgam Attack a Retaliation for the Jaffar Express Hijacking?
While it’s speculative, I find a connection with the unfortunate event of the targeted killing of Hindus by Islamic terrorists in Pahalgam yesterday, which fits within highly recognisable pattern of proxy conflicts and covert retaliatory attacks that have long characterised India-Pakistan dynamics especially around Kashmir and Balochistan. The connection forms in such a way that the Pahalgam attack, perpetrated by militants of the Pakistan-linked terror outfit The Resistance Front (TRF), is directly a predecessor to the Jaffar Express hijacking (11th March 2025), which was carried out by militants of the Balochistan Liberation Front (BLA), an outfit that Pakistan claims has links with India.
The Role of Women in Terrorism Financing
Terrorism is a complex and multifaceted phenomenon characterised by the use of violence and intimidation, especially against civilians, in the pursuit of political, ideological, or religious aims. Changing government policy, gaining independence for a territory, furthering religious views, or promoting a certain ideology are some of the objectives that motivate terrorism. The primary objective of terrorism is to evoke fear and panic in people who are not the direct victims. This kind of anxiety has the power to topple governments, undermine public trust in the government, and destabilise nations. Terrorist acts are often designed to attract media attention and spread the group’s message to a broader audience.
Can Terrorism Ever Be Morally Permissible?
Jaggar’s work on terrorism, titled What Is Terrorism, Why Is It Wrong, and Could It Ever Be Morally Permissible, will be analysed to examine how the author […]
Emergence of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan and Beyond
There was a time in the year 1979, when the Soviets invaded Afghanistan, at that moment both Pakistan and the US considered Afghanistan as a region to safeguard their interest. When Afghanistan was having wars with Pakistan it didn’t bother Pakistan much as it was aware of US funding to Pakistan but today the scenario has changed, post US withdrawal from the region Pakistan is left to deal with terror outfits in Afghanistan all alone. Pakistan has a long-shared bond with TTP as TTP is Pakistani militants from Pakistan, TTP experienced a strong comeback in 2020 after the Afghan peace deal with the US. Afghan Taliban and TTP share deep ideological roots.
ISIS-K Sent their Message to Russia. What’s Next?
In a horrifying assault that has sent shockwaves across Moscow, gunmen clad in combat fatigues unleashed a devastating onslaught at the heart of the city’s entertainment scene. At Moscow’s Crocus City Hall, where anticipation filled the air for a performance by the esteemed rock band Picnic, the evening took a tragic turn as at least 143 lives were brutally cut short, with a staggering 187 individuals left wounded. The assailants, numbering at least five and armed with automatic weapons, infiltrated the bustling concert hall in the western suburbs, mercilessly firing into the unsuspecting crowd. Their sinister intent was further underscored by the detonation of explosives, igniting a blaze that engulfed the venue in chaos and despair
Pakistan Conducts Intelligence based Anti-Terrorist Operations in Afghanistan
In this issue of our popular newsletter ‘Guns and Bullets’, the author writes about Pakistan’s intelligence based counterterrorism operations in Afghanistan. Further in-depth commentaries are provided about Israeli Airstrikes killing dozens in Gaza followed by Suicide bomber targeting Chinese engineers in Pakistan
Motives and Implications behind the Recent Moscow Terror Attack
The recent terror attack on Moscow’s concert hall, claimed by ISIS, has left a devastating impact, with at least 137 people killed and over 182 injured in the assault at Crocus City Hall. This tragic event, described as the worst terrorist attack to hit Russia in 20 years, has shocked the nation and the international community. The assailants, armed with automatic weapons, opened fire at the crowded concert venue, causing chaos and destruction as the venue partially collapsed after being set on fire. The Islamic State (ISIS), has claimed responsibility for this heinous act of terrorism. The significance of this incident reverberates globally, underscoring the ongoing threat posed by extremist groups like ISIS and their ability to carry out large-scale attacks that target innocent civilians.
Motives and Implications behind the Recent Moscow Terror Attack
The recent terror attack on Moscow’s concert hall, claimed by ISIS, has left a devastating impact, with at least 137 people killed and over 182 injured in the assault at Crocus City Hall. This tragic event, described as the worst terrorist attack to hit Russia in 20 years, has shocked the nation and the international community. The assailants, armed with automatic weapons, opened fire at the crowded concert venue, causing chaos and destruction as the venue partially collapsed after being set on fire. The Islamic State (ISIS), has claimed responsibility for this heinous act of terrorism. The significance of this incident reverberates globally, underscoring the ongoing threat posed by extremist groups like ISIS and their ability to carry out large-scale attacks that target innocent civilians.
Terrorism and Hunger Grip Haiti on the Brink
The once vibrant streets of Haiti, now echo with gunfire and the desperate cries of a nation in peril. Gang violence, a festering wound for years, has metastasised engulfing the country in a humanitarian catastrophe. Haiti is engulfed in anarchy and falling into the hands of notorious gang leader Barbecue.