Afghanistan

FDD Analysis

October 19, 2026 | Will Selber

Pakistan-Taliban border clashes continue amid diplomatic efforts

Since October 12, border clashes between Pakistan and the Taliban have continued in multiple locations, with both sides accusing the other of initiating hostilities. Russian and European Union officials...

October 12, 2026 | Will Selber

Taliban-Pakistan border clashes continue after Moscow talks end without agreement

Since October 5, reported fighting between the Taliban and Pakistan has largely consisted of border clashes along Afghanistan’s southeastern Paktia province and Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa...

October 5, 2026 | Will Selber

Pakistan launches new strikes as conflict with Taliban persist into third week

Last week, Pakistan conducted another round of airstrikes in Afghanistan and targeted operations against terrorists at home, prompting fresh accusations between Islamabad and the Taliban as the two former...

September 30, 2026 | Will Selber

Anti-Taliban resistance claims attacks across Afghanistan in September

As the Taliban enters its sixth year in power, a resistance against its rule remains active despite lacking a sanctuary or an official state sponsor. Throughout September, eight anti-Taliban resistance...

September 28, 2026 | Will Selber

Fighting between Pakistan and the Taliban persists into second week

The latest round of conflict between Pakistan and the Taliban continued this past week, including airstrikes, cross-border attacks, targeted operations, and a car bombing. The fighting appears likely to...

September 21, 2026 | Will Selber

Pakistan conducts airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan in retaliation for terrorist attacks

On September 20, Pakistan conducted airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan, reportedly targeting militants suspected of involvement in recent terrorist attacks in western Pakistan. Pakistan claimed that the...

September 9, 2026 | Will Selber

Former US ambassador Khalilzad visits Kabul, attends Taliban oil deal signing

As the Taliban enters its sixth year in power following the fall of Kabul, it continues seeking international legitimacy and foreign investment. The recent visit by Zalmay Khalilzad, the former US ambassador...

August 24, 2026 | Will Selber

Taliban force surrender of dissident commander, kill senior anti-Taliban resistance leader

Last week, the Taliban scored a pair of victories that may help solidify the group’s rule in Afghanistan and blunt some of the anti-Taliban resistance’s recent progress on the battlefield. First,...

August 20, 2026 | Will Selber

Resistance to Taliban rule persists in Afghanistan

As the Taliban’s reign over Afghanistan enters its sixth year, the Taliban remains stronger, more unified, and better equipped than it was before September 11, 2001. Today, its flag flies across all...

August 6, 2026 | Will Selber

Afghan United Front commences operations against Taliban

On August 1, a new anti-Taliban resistance group emerged in Afghanistan. After years of hinting at military operations, the Afghan United Front (AUF), led by former Afghan National Army Lieutenant...

July 31, 2026 | Will Selber

Anti-Taliban resistance groups increase attacks in northeast Afghanistan, district center briefly falls

Over the last two weeks of July, anti-Taliban resistance groups conducted sustained operations in the northeastern province of Badakhshan, resulting in the Taliban losing control of its first district...

June 26, 2026 | David May, Theodore Schneiderman

10 Cases of UN Abuse, Waste, and Subversion of U.S. Interests

The United Nations is hurtling toward self-inflicted insolvency, and it has itself to blame. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres needs to secure $8.68 billion to keep the lights on for regular operations...

February 27, 2026 | Bill Roggio

Pakistan, Afghan Taliban move toward ‘open war’ after fighting escalates

Heavy clashes between Pakistan and the Taliban-led Afghan government broke out on February 27, with hundreds of casualties reported on both sides of their contested border. The fighting between the two...

February 27, 2026 |

‘Patience Has Now Run Out’: Pakistan Says It Has Entered ‘Open War’ With Afghan Taliban

Border War Between Pakistan and Taliban: The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) carried out retaliatory airstrikes in Kabul and other Afghan provinces on February 26, targeting the Taliban...

February 24, 2026 | Joseph Zacks

It’s Time to Confront Afghanistan and Iran About Al-Qaeda

The al-Qaeda terror network operates with impunity out of Iran and Afghanistan. America must lean on both countries’ regimes to bring it to heel.

November 12, 2025 | Bill Roggio

Terror attacks intensify in Pakistan as the TTP continues to operate from Afghanistan

The Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan (TTP) launched two suicide attacks in Pakistan between November 10–11, including a suicide bombing at a courthouse in the capital of Islamabad that killed 12 people....

October 15, 2025 | Bill Roggio

Pakistan, Afghan Taliban agree to ceasefire after another clash along the border

Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire after their forces exchanged fire across the border on October 15. The two countries have clashed over the past month as the Movement of the...

October 12, 2025 | Bill Roggio

Afghan Taliban, Pakistani military clash along the border

The Afghan Taliban and the Pakistani military skirmished along their joint border overnight after the Taliban launched a “retaliatory operation” for the Pakistani Air Force targeting the head of the...

October 10, 2025 | Bill Roggio

Pakistani Taliban leader thought to be targeted in airstrike on Afghan capital

The leader of the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan (TTP) is rumored to have been killed in a Pakistani military airstrike in the Afghan capital of Kabul yesterday. The strike took place as tensions...

October 8, 2025 | Bill Roggio

Pakistan attempts to shift blame for TTP attacks toward India

The Movement of the Taliban (TTP) in Pakistan killed 11 Pakistani soldiers, including two officers, in an ambush in the northwestern province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa last night. Pakistani officials blamed...