



The recent escalation in border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan has taken an unusual turn with reports of a Pakistani delegation—led by figures with militant backgrounds—arriving in Kabul to facilitate back-channel discussions aimed at de-escalating the conflict. Fazlur Rehman Khalil, the founder of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuM), heads the three-member group of Pakistani clerics that arrived in…

In an interesting development in global military dynamics, the People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) has undertaken its most extensive air combat exercise to date, signaling a move from symbolic displays to sophisticated, integrated operations. This analysis draws from a briefing by J. Michael Dahm, a senior fellow at the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies,…