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Mohammad Ali BabakhelThe Express Tribune |
FOLLOWING 9/11, the ashes of the World Trade Centre in New York ignited fires in different parts of the world. Even now, 23 years later, those fires...
FOLLOWING independence and until the passage of the 25th Amendment in 2018, the tribal areas in Pakistan’s northwest were federally administered....
THE war against terrorism has put ungoverned and weakly governed spaces into the limelight, and governance in such areas is being debated. Globally,...
MODERN states are faced with numerous traditional and non-traditional security challenges, including threats from Violent Non-State Actors (VNSAs)....
WITH more than 100 different faiths and over 300 languages, Australia is one of the world’s most culturally and linguistically diverse nations....
MANY societies affected by extremism mistakenly believe that countering and preventing extremism is the exclusive domain of government agencies. This...
THE establishment of dedicated Police Complaints Authorities has been a long-standing demand in the discussion on police reforms in Pakistan and...
IN January 2024, the British government labelled Hizb ut-Tahrir (HuT) as the 80th proscribed terrorist organisation, raising significant questions...
IN the post-9/11 scenario, suicide bombing emerged as the deadliest and most popular terrorist strategy adopted by various groups around the world....
THE Sindh chief executive’s resolve to address street crime is encouraging. This commitment raises important questions: are these crimes organised...
LAST month’s attack on a Moscow concert hall garnered global media attention, highlighting the rapidly expanding capabilities of the militant...
FINLAND has been ranked as the world’s happiest country for the seventh straight year. It is also the 13th safest in the world. In the Global...
THE Sahel, a vast stretch of land below the Sahara and extending from Burkina Faso to Eritrea, has become the global epicentre of terrorism. The...
HISTORICALLY, terrorism has evolved in its aims, forms, frequency, lethality, targets, and operation methods at various intervals. The changes...
HISTORICALLY, Pakistan’s tribal areas have long stood at the crossroads of governance, culture, and geopolitics. These areas have navigated the...
AL SHABAAB (‘the youth’) is Al Qaeda’s subsidiary in East Africa. It is active in much of southern Somalia and a few pockets in Kenya and...
IN Pakistan, technological innovation has altered the nature of crime, yet law-enforcement remains mired in an outdated organisational structure,...
NORWAY’S ‘Action Plan against Radicalisation and Violent Extremism’ epitomises its commitment to effectively counter violent extremism....