Musa Khan Jalalzai

Afghan politicians, military commanders and civil society recently expressed deep concern about the suspension of the Constitution by the unity government, which could develop a negative political and military approach towards stability and governance challenges in the country. They criticised both the presidents who acted ultra vires and followed the streak of the road map […]

Over the last 15 years, growing national security controversies mostly revolved around the failure of cooperation among the European Union (EU) member states, which resulted in mistrust and the emergence of major extremist organisations that threatened the national security of the region. Cooperation among EU intelligence agencies failed to cultivate a strong relationship with policymakers […]

While we look at the changing picture of intelligence and policing priorities in the Netherlands, it appears that the country has become embroiled in a deep security crisis as its war on radicalisation is causing the social and political alienation of minorities. Like in Romania, Poland, Malaysia, India and Pakistan, intelligence and security sector reforms […]

The changing nature of dominant security threats during the last 14 years’ war on terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and the lack of intelligence cooperation between the two states have caused misunderstanding, the blame game and severe fatalities in the region. Every month and every week, terrorists target either the Pakistani security forces or Afghan […]

The Constitution of Britain is composed of laws and rules that create institutions and maintain the relationship between the state, individuals and among all institutions. The law is enforced by law enforcement agencies that tend to be limited to operating within a specific jurisdiction. In the UK, there are numerous policing organisations and their private […]

On January 9, 2016, Afghan parliament summoned key security officials to explain the growing threat of Taliban and Islamic State (IS) as the Afghan National Army (ANA) failed to professionalise counterinsurgency operations across the country. Defence Minister Muhammad Masoom Stanekzai, Interior Minister Noorulhaq Uloomi and Director General NDS Major Masood Andrabi failed to positively respond […]

Last week, President Putin’s special representative admitted that his country was sharing intelligence information with Taliban commanders about the terrorist activities of so-called Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan. Mr Zamir Kabulov told the Interfax News Agency that the Taliban’s interests coincide with the fight against IS: “I have said before that we have communication channels […]

In the contemporary international system, states are the fundamental customer of classified and processed intelligence information for security, law enforcement and policymaking. However, Islamic State (IS) and the Taliban also perceive a need to collect and process advance information to protect their networks against the theft of their strategic, defence and political secrets. As intelligence […]

The recent fall of Kunduz to the Taliban left far reaching effects on the ethnic balance in the north where the state has not been in full control since 1992. The fall also occurred due to the administrative and political confrontations between the two ethnic presidents (Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah), which undermined the unity […]

The issue of nuclear, chemical and biological terrorism in South Asia has been the centre of debate in the international press since the establishment of Islamic State (IS) in Iraq and Syria. The acquisition of chemical and biological weapons by IS has exacerbated the frustration of the international community that these weapons have fallen into […]