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Ivory Edge: Academic Insights & Policy

Ivory Edge: Academic Insights & Policy

Reassurance Under Pressure: Nuclear Shadows and Kashmir's New Crisis

Review: The Baloch Insurgency in Pakistan by Verma, Baloch, and Valle (April 2025)

Review: The Baloch Insurgency in Pakistan by Verma, Baloch, and Valle (April 2025)

Review Article

The War of Assumptions: Key Takeaways from the U.S. Afghanistan War Commission’s Second Public Hearing

The War of Assumptions: Key Takeaways from the U.S. Afghanistan War Commission’s Second Public Hearing

Review Article

Between Borders and Politics: The Woes of Afghan Refugees in Pakistan

Afghanistan Refugees

Between Borders and Politics: The Woes of Afghan Refugees in Pakistan

Feature Article

Spotlight: Women's Inheritance Rights Under the Taliban

Spotlight: Women's Inheritance Rights Under the Taliban

Afghanistan Analysts Network Report Review

Decoding Pakistan’s 2024 Airstrikes in Afghanistan

Decoding Pakistan’s 2024 Airstrikes in Afghanistan

War on the Rocks, March 7, 2025

Pakistan Ranked as World's 2nd Most Terrorism -Affected Country

Pakistan Ranked as World's 2nd Most Terrorism -Affected Country

Global Terrorism Index 2025 Review

Amira Jadoon, +1

From Tajikistan to Moscow and Iran: Mapping the Local and Transnational Threat of Islamic State Khorasan - CTC Sentinel, May 2024, Volume 17, Issue 5

From Tajikistan to Moscow and Iran: Mapping the Local and Transnational Threat of Islamic State Khorasan - CTC Sentinel, May 2024, Volume 17, Issue 5

Amira Jadoon, Abdul Sayed, Lucas Webber & Riccardo Valle

Explaining the Broader Implications of Islamic State-Khorasan’s Moscow Attack • Stimson Center

Explaining the Broader Implications of Islamic State-Khorasan’s Moscow Attack • Stimson Center

Amira Jadoon

How Moscow terror attack fits ISIS-K strategy to widen agenda, take fight to its perceived enemies

How Moscow terror attack fits ISIS-K strategy to widen agenda, take fight to its perceived enemies

Sara Harmouch & Amira Jadoon

Iran terror blast highlights success – and growing risk – of ISIS-K regional strategy

Iran terror blast highlights success – and growing risk – of ISIS-K regional strategy

Amira Jadoon & Nakissa Jahanbani

Rude Awakening: Pakistan’s Limited Leverage Over theAfghan Taliban

Rude Awakening: Pakistan’s Limited Leverage Over theAfghan Taliban

Amira Jadoon

9DASHLINE — A looming challenge: Women in Pakistan’s terrorism landscape

9DASHLINE — A looming challenge: Women in Pakistan’s terrorism landscape

Amira Jadoon & Iqraa Bukhari

The Enduring Duel: Islamic State Khorasan’s Survival under Afghanistan’s New Rulers - Combating Terrorism Center at West Point

The Enduring Duel: Islamic State Khorasan’s Survival under Afghanistan’s New Rulers - Combating Terrorism Center at West Point

Amira Jadoon, Andrew Mines & Abdul Sayed

A year after the fall of Kabul, Taliban’s false commitments on terrorism have been fully exposed

A year after the fall of Kabul, Taliban’s false commitments on terrorism have been fully exposed

Andrew Mines & Amira Jadoon

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi’s Role in the Afghanistan-Pakistan Militant Infrastructure

Lashkar-e-Jhangvi’s Role in the Afghanistan-Pakistan Militant Infrastructure

Abdul Sayed & Amira Jadoon

A string of assassinations in Afghanistan point to ISIS-K resurgence – and US officials warn of possible attacks on American interests in next 6 months

A string of assassinations in Afghanistan point to ISIS-K resurgence – and US officials warn of possible attacks on American interests in next 6 months

Andrew Mines & Amira Jadoon

Understanding Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan's Unrelenting Posture | Program on Extremism | The George Washington University

Understanding Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan's Unrelenting Posture | Program on Extremism | The George Washington University

Abdul Sayed & Amira Jadoon

The Untenable TTP-Pakistan Negotiations – South Asian Voices

The Untenable TTP-Pakistan Negotiations – South Asian Voices

Amira Jadoon

Islamic State leader killed in US raid – where does this leave the terrorist group?

Islamic State leader killed in US raid – where does this leave the terrorist group?

Haroro Ingram, Amira Jadoon & Andrew Mines

The Islamic State Threat in Taliban Afghanistan: Tracing the Resurgence of Islamic State Khorasan - Combating Terrorism Center at West Point

The Islamic State Threat in Taliban Afghanistan: Tracing the Resurgence of Islamic State Khorasan - Combating Terrorism Center at West Point

Amira Jadoon, Abdul Sayed & Andrew Mines

The Pakistani Taliban Is Reinventing Itself – South Asian Voices

The Pakistani Taliban Is Reinventing Itself – South Asian Voices

Amira Jadoon & Abdul Sayed

The Taliban Can’t Take on the Islamic State Alone - War on the Rocks

The Taliban Can’t Take on the Islamic State Alone - War on the Rocks

Amira Jadoon & Andrew Mines

Explaining the Broader Implications of Islamic State-Khorasan’s Moscow Attack • Stimson Center

Explaining the Broader Implications of Islamic State-Khorasan’s Moscow Attack • Stimson Center

Amira Jadoon

The Evolving Taliban-ISK rivalry

The Evolving Taliban-ISK rivalry

Amira Jadoon, Andrew Mines & Abdul Sayed

What is ISIS-K? Two terrorism experts on the group behind the deadly Kabul airport attack and its rivalry with the Taliban

What is ISIS-K? Two terrorism experts on the group behind the deadly Kabul airport attack and its rivalry with the Taliban

Amira Jadoon & Andrew Mines

How To Deal With ISIS’ Affiliate in Afghanistan

How To Deal With ISIS’ Affiliate in Afghanistan

Amira Jadoon & Abdul Sayed

Smaller and Smarter: Defining a Narrower U.S. Counterterrorism Mission in the Afghanistan-Pakistan Region

Smaller and Smarter: Defining a Narrower U.S. Counterterrorism Mission in the Afghanistan-Pakistan Region

Amira Jadoon, Andrew Mines & Abdul Sayed

Gendering Recruitment Into Violent Organizations: Lessons For Counter-Terrorism Operations

Gendering Recruitment Into Violent Organizations: Lessons For Counter-Terrorism Operations

Amira Jadoon

Islamic State in Khorasan: Attempting to Absorb Rival Groups

Islamic State in Khorasan: Attempting to Absorb Rival Groups

Amira Jadoon

Can the Islamic State's Afghan Province Survive Its Leadership Losses?

Can the Islamic State's Afghan Province Survive Its Leadership Losses?

Andrew Mines & Amira Jadoon

Taking Aim: Islamic State Khorasan’s Leadership Losses

Taking Aim: Islamic State Khorasan’s Leadership Losses

Amira Jadoon & Andrew Mines

Islamic State Affiliate Seeks to Expand in Afghanistan

Islamic State Affiliate Seeks to Expand in Afghanistan

Andrew Mines & Amira Jadoon

Fixing the Cracks in the Pakistani Taliban’s Foundation: TTP’s Leadership Returns to the Mehsud Tribe

Fixing the Cracks in the Pakistani Taliban’s Foundation: TTP’s Leadership Returns to the Mehsud Tribe

Amira Jadoon & Sara Mahmood

The Militant Landscape, Tactics & Pakistan’s War on Terror

The Militant Landscape, Tactics & Pakistan’s War on Terror

Amira Jadoon

Challenging the ISK Brand in Afghanistan-Pakistan: Rivalries and Divided Loyalties

Amira Jadoon, Nakissa Jahanbani & Charmaine Willis

An Idea or a Threat? Islamic State Jammu & Kashmir

An Idea or a Threat? Islamic State Jammu & Kashmir

Amira Jadoon

Militant Rivalries Extend to Female Recruitment in Pakistan - Combating Terrorism Center at West Point

Militant Rivalries Extend to Female Recruitment in Pakistan - Combating Terrorism Center at West Point

Amira Jadoon & Sara Mahmood