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Pakistan faces a growing terrorism threat

Christopher Clary - March 27, 2025

Attacks from the Pakistan Taliban and Baloch separatists are escalating as relationships with Afghanistan and India are worsening.

Violent deaths in Pakistan jumped last year. That’s a big worry.

Christopher Clary - January 5, 2024

Outside powers may be unable to ignore the worsening turmoil in Pakistan.

5 ways the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan will hurt Pakistan

Fahd Humayun - August 16, 2021

Pakistan’s relationship with its own religious groups — and with Washington — just got more complicated

Here’s why the Taliban might still want to negotiate with the U.S.

Rebecca Best and Navin Bapat - September 12, 2019

It’s riven by factions and losing loyalists to the Islamic State

The Kashmir attack could prompt a crisis in South Asia. Here’s why.

Asfandyar Mir - February 15, 2019

[caption id="attachment_83837" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Protesters decry Thursday's attack on a

What just happened in Pakistan’s election? And what happens next?

Asfandyar Mir - July 26, 2018

[caption id="attachment_76093" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Supporters of Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf party greet

Malala is building more schools in Pakistan. That’s not likely to reduce support for extremism.

Madiha Afzal - April 7, 2018

[caption id="attachment_71862" align="aligncenter" width="960"] Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai walks

Will U.S. threats to Pakistan help crack down on terrorism? Not really.

Paul Staniland and Asfandyar Mir - January 5, 2018

http://www.washingtonpost.com/video/world/trump-calls-on-pakistan-to-stop-harboring-terrorists/2017/08/21/92528b98-86dc-11e7-96a7-d178cf3524eb_video.html Editor's Note: Since we published this post in August

The Islamic State is more like a street gang than like other terrorist groups

Matthew Phillips and Matthew Valasik - November 15, 2017

[caption id="attachment_62026" align="aligncenter" width="960"] A member loyal to the Islamic

Here’s what led to the Lahore terrorist bombing — and what to do next

Adnan Naseemullah - March 31, 2016

[caption id="attachment_38244" align="aligncenter" width="908"] Relatives of the victims of Sunday's