The banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) maintains a nexus with Al-Qaeda and Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), which continues to fuel terrorism, sabotage, and societal destabilization across Balochistan and other parts of Pakistan. This nexus provides funding, training, weapons, and logistical support, enabling the outfit to exploit vulnerable local women and youth as tools for suicide bombings […]
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BLA-BYC Nexus: Female Exploitation
The relationship between the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) and the banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has drawn increasing scrutiny from security analysts and state authorities who describe it as a two-stage pipeline for radicalisation and recruitment. According to this assessment, BYC functions as a social and ideological network that prepares vulnerable youth, while BLA absorbs […]
BLA-BYC Nexus: Pushing Youth from Radicalisation to Terrorism
The fight against terrorism emanating from Pakistan’s eastern border has become an existential threat. The primary source of this terrorism remains Afghanistan and the conducive environment it provides. Although the Taliban, TTP, and BLA have divergent ideologies, they share a common objective of targeting Pakistan and its people, making the threat more complex. Initially, the […]
Horrors of Terror Nexus in Afghanistan!
Since taking power in August 2021, the Taliban’s governance has been characterized by a “triple failure” in legitimacy, security, and welfare. As of early 2026, the regime has prioritised an extremist ideological agenda over national stability, leading to deepened regional isolation and a severe humanitarian crisis. Persistent linkage of the Afghan Taliban ruling regime with […]
Israel-Taliban Nexus
In the summer turmoil of June, as Israeli warplanes battered Iran’s nuclear sites, Pakistan did something unexpected for the international community. While other nations hedged or stayed quiet, Islamabad’s voice rang loud in condemning what it called unprovoked aggression, leading to public praise by Iran’s military chief. Not long after, Pakistan found itself engulfed by […]
Confronting Afghan Nexus
For many years, Pakistan’s policy toward Kabul was defined by restraint and endless patience. That phase has ended. In a media briefing held on Monday, the military’s spokesman bluntly declared that Islamabad will no longer treat Afghan “conditions” as any kind of diktat. “Our own armed forces guarantee our security,” he stressed, marking a sharp […]
Afghanistan-India Nexus and Pakistan
Despite the historical, religious, linguistic, and tribal bonds between Afghanistan and Pakistan, mutual distrust, border disputes, and accusations of terrorism have created a persistent gulf between the two brotherly Islamic nations. In recent days, when Afghan forces launched attacks on Pakistani border posts, the situation not only strained bilateral relations but also posed a fresh […]
Afghanistan-India Nexus and Pakistan
Despite the historical, religious, linguistic, and tribal bonds between Afghanistan and Pakistan, mutual distrust, border disputes, and accusations of terrorism have created a persistent gulf between the two brotherly Islamic nations. In recent days, when Afghan forces launched attacks on Pakistani border posts, the situation not only strained bilateral relations but also posed a fresh […]
Indo-Afghan Nexus
We’ve heard the term “cross-border terrorism” for so long that it sometimes loses its meaning, becoming a sterile phrase in diplomatic statements. But for the people of Pakistan’s borderlands, and for the soldiers standing guard there, it has never been more real, more brutal, or more clearly orchestrated. The last six months have not just […]
NIFTAC’s role vital in dismantling nexus between terrorism, illicit networks: PM
Premier Shehbaz formally inaugurates the state-of-the-art NIFTAC Headquarters Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday underscored that National Intelligence Fusion and Threat Assessment Centre (NIFTAC) would play a pivotal role in uprooting terrorism and its support structures from the country as dismantling the nexus between terrorism, illicit networks, and external sponsorship requires robust and efficient […]