report in Prothom Alo, July 15, 2023Speakers at a human chain in Dhaka have said the Digital Security Act (DSA) is posing risks to journalism and creating an environment of fear for media outlets as well as freedom of expression. The law is working as a shield for injustice. Despite repeated assurances from the government, journalists are consistently being harassed through the act, they alleged. Journalists from different media outlets, under the banner ‘We are…
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By Fatema Adeeb in ToloNews, July 14, 2023 at 8:39 PMThe Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretary for Pakistan Bureau of South and Central Asian Affairs of the US Department of State, Elizabeth Horst, said she believes that al-Qaeda cannot pose a threat to the United States from Afghanistan. She appeared for a congressional hearing, during which she was also asked about recent remarks of the US President Joe Biden about al-Qaeda in…
By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press online, June 15, 2023The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia warned of the expanding threat from Islamic State from Afghanistan to the neighbouring countries in the region. According to Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova, the Islamic State (IS), also named Daesh, is trying to undermine the security and stability in Afghanistan and its neighbouring countries with the support of externals. “The security situation in Afghanistan is tense,” she…
By Fidel Rahmati in The Khaama Press Online, April 19, 2023According to defence and counterterrorism experts, al Qaeda and ISIS-K are flourishing in Afghanistan, again turning into a “safe haven” for terrorists who are increasingly posing a threat against the United States. “The terrorist threat environment in Afghanistan has deteriorated dramatically since August 2021 – and it is getting worse,” Tuesday, Nathan Sales, a former State Department counterterrorism coordinator, made a statement reported by Just…
By Sher Ali Khalti IN The News, March 26, 2023LAHORE: The law-enforcement agencies (LEAs) have issued an alert that terrorists might attack former premier Imran Khan and his party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s rally at Minar-i-Pakistan. According to the alert, hostile intelligence agencies (HIAs) are planning to destabilise the country by targeting political leadership/ gatherings. The threat further said that there was credible information that HIAs were trying to capitalise on the prevailing political polarisation, law and…
By Banafsha Binesh in TOLOnews Online, March 25,2023 at 9:58 PMThe Republican chairman of the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday gave the State Department until Monday to produce documents related to the August 2021 US withdrawal from Afghanistan or face a subpoena. “I have the subpoena. it’s right here. And I’m prepared to serve this. We had discussions and I think as a federal prosecutor you want to work things out…
ISLAMABAD: The National Security Committee (NSC) has vowed to respond to the resurgent terrorist threat with “full force” and safeguard the national interest but deferred crucial decisions for dealing with the situation until Monday. “The meeting of the National Security Committee (NSC) will continue on Monday … in which further decisions will be taken in the light of the proposals,” the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said in a statement after a meeting on Friday, the…
By Mosharraf Zaidi in The News, Dec 20, 2022The writer is an analyst and commentator.Thirteen years ago, in December 2007, the Pakistani military completed Operation Rah-e-Haq, ostensibly cleansing Swat of the threat of a terrorist takeover by the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). This would not be the last military operation to cleanse Swat. In July 2008, Operation Rah-e-Haq II was launched. Then in January 2009, there was Operation Rah-e-Haq III. The result? A February 2009 ceasefire…