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Wednesday, July 23, 2025
TopicMilitancy

Topic: militancy

Pakistan saw a spike in militancy in the New Year, but an 85% drop over the last decade

An Islamabad think-tank has found 27 people were killed in 15 instances of militancy last month following a ‘historical pattern of a rise in violence at the beginning of the year’.

Why Kashmir’s new militancy is harder to defeat than the one in 1990s

The hardcore pan-Islamist ideological drift of the conflict in Kashmir is only going to aggravate the threats of fidayeen missions.

Three militants, one jawan killed in ongoing operation with security forces in Jammu 

The militants had kept a man hostage in a building in Batote village, but he has been rescued by security forces.  

J&K cops can’t please anyone — Kashmiris call them traitors, central forces mistrust them

Since Article 370 was scrapped, J&K cops say they take extra steps to avoid residents while gaining little respect from central forces they serve with in the Valley.

How an Apple Mac from Dhaka changed militant group ULFA’s ‘publicity wing’

As a journalist reporting from a conflict zone, I am always intrigued by the publicity wing of the militant outfits.

Right-wing exaggerates number of Kashmiri Pandits killed. Militants targeted Muslims more

Groups like Panun Kashmir used ‘ethnic cleansing’ claim to brand Kashmir’s political movement as an ultra-radical Islamist movement.

3 yrs after Burhan Wani, Kashmir militants targeting each other in ideological conflict

On 27 June, militants of Hizbul and LeT clashed with Islamic State’s Hind Province, in first instance of Valley's insurgents turning on each other.

In Punjab, this Lok Sabha candidate has put the militancy years back in focus

Paramjit Kaur Khalra, candidate from Khadoor Sahib that was the epicenter of Punjab’s militancy, centered her campaign on the ‘human rights violations’ in those grim years.

Imran Khan said Pakistan doesn’t have use for militant groups. Take it with pinch of salt

Nawaz Sharif said the same thing about Jihadi militants in Pakistan as Imran Khan. Only one of them was removed from office.

Unlike Donald Trump’s US and Mexico, we can’t build a wall between India and Pakistan

The terrain of India-Pakistan conflict is a lonely, barren place where soldiers and ordinary citizens pay the cost.

On Camera

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.