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Tuesday, October 28, 2025
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Topic: Insurgency

Pakistan vs TTP: Asim Munir’s been riding the jihadi tiger; he’s now realising he’s the nearest meal

ThePrint Explorer unpacks who the TTP are, and what they’re fighting for in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and how Pakistan army is struggling to carve a way out of the conflict.

ED finds ‘well-oiled’ extortion system funding UNLF’s ‘Rs 54 cr budget’. Crores for arms & even HR wing

Apart from extorting money from establishments & individuals, insurgent outfit raised funds by collecting unauthorised taxes from liquor shops, highways & transporters among others.

Jammu insurgency can be fixed by the Army. The real solution is political

There are 3 facets to resolving the crisis in J&K—avoiding outright military confrontation, optimising the counter-insurgency grid, and collaborating with nationalistic politicians.

Insurgency blurred the line between protester and militant in Kashmir. Both met the same bullet

In her book 'City as Memory', Sadaf Wani explores Srinagar through personal remembrance, examining questions of the Kashmiri identity.

Collapse of 2 ‘Urban Naxal’ cases shows panic & police overreach are worse than Maoist insurgency

With cases against Navlakha & Purkayastha collapsing, it's time to take stock of whether dirty war against Maoists is justified, or just perpetuates a brutal cycle of violence.

Sikh man shot dead by terrorists in Kashmir, leaders condemn targeted killings

Amritpal Singh, hailing from Amritsar, was shot by the terrorists in Habba Kadal area of Srinagar at around 7 pm Wednesaday. Another non-local, a 25-year-old, also sustained injuries.

Recruitment spikes across insurgent outfits in Manipur, ‘more than when insurgency was at its peak’

Most youngsters who were working or doing businesses are said to have have picked up arms to either become 'village defence volunteers', or joined insurgents to 'protect' community.

Insurgents’ return, black market, public distrust — 4,000+ weapons remain untraceable in Manipur

Small-scale operations by police have proven to be inadequate resulting in negligible recoveries, as AKs, INSAS rifles, LMGs, & carbines remain with people even after seven months.

‘Bihu & Bandook cannot blend’: Assam analysts react to ULFA-I’s video of armed cadres

In video released by insurgent outfit, armed cadres dance to beats of self-composed Bihu song at training camp. Song seeks to strike emotional chord with Assamese people.

3 new criminal laws, crackdown on terror outfits, peace accords with insurgents — MHA’s ‘watershed’ 2023

Ministry of home affairs enacted 2 laws impacting J&K to bring fair representation to all people in the Union territory while also set up 33 new security camps in Maoist-dominated regions.

On Camera

The K in K-Pop is already silent. And that’s OK

Audience data shows there are now more fans outside South Korea than at home. Like hip hop, there’s no reason why K-Pop can’t have a similarly inclusive trajectory while staying true to its core.

Paper in MoSPI journal flags financial inclusion gap—highest among Hindus, lowest for Muslims

Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.

From battle of wits and daring air strikes to artillery fury, new details emerge of Operation Sindoor

Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.

Deepfake on duty: when I asked AI to read Op Sindoor citations

On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.