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Every week, for years, approximately $40 million in international donor funds, with the United States as the largest single contributor, flowed into Afghanistan. Not to
July 7, 2026
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Every week, for years, approximately $40 million in international donor funds, with the United States as the largest single contributor, flowed into Afghanistan. Not to
When Syria’s new authorities began dismantling foreign terrorist formations, restricting extremist activities, and detaining fighters who had made the country their operational base for years,
Two statements, one made and one conspicuously withheld, define the current state of international accountability on Pakistan’s counterterrorism situation. The first came from the United
Somewhere in Loralai, Balochistan, an olive tree is growing in soil that the world did not know could produce it. Its oil has won a
On June 25, 2026, a film teaser dropped on the internet. Two minutes and twenty-four seconds. A Bollywood star. A politically charged backdrop of Kashmir,
The bombing of a girls’ school in South Waziristan is an attack on education, Islam’s teachings, and Pakistan’s future. PAYF examines why.
On the night of June 30, 2026, four rudimentary drones launched from Taliban-controlled Afghanistan crossed into Pakistan. Pakistan’s air defence network detected and neutralised all
Pakistan strengthens its legal case on the Indus Waters Treaty, challenging India’s unilateral suspension through international law and expert diplomacy.
BBC’s reporting on terrorism in Pakistan raises questions over consistent terminology, editorial standards, and the use of ‘militant’ versus ‘terrorist’.
Taliban restrictions on Ashura, arrests in Herat, and persecution of Hazaras reveal a widening campaign against Shia religious freedom.