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Praveen Swami is National Security Analyst with Firstpost and CNN-IBN.

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- India
- November 25, 2021, 16:26 IST
'I Am the Flower and the Sword': Teen Terrorist’s Life Casts Light on Kashmiri Generation Alpha Jihad
In the weeks before his killing, Mehran Shalla had come to be relentlessly pursued by the Jammu and Kashmir Police, accused of staging a series of execution-style killings in Srinagar.
- India
- October 08, 2021, 16:44 IST
Execution-style Killings of Minorities far from New to Kashmir
The end-of-year toll is likely to be statistically similar to the 33 civilians killed last year, or 36 in 2019—and significantly lower than the 86 killed in 2018.
- India
- September 20, 2021, 08:25 IST
Kabul Airport Suicide Attacker was Freed by Taliban After 4 Years in CIA Custody for New Delhi Terror Plot
Abdul Rehman, an engineering student with roots in Afghanistan’s Logar and the son of a merchant who frequently visited New Delhi.
- India
- September 15, 2021, 10:13 IST
Why Pak Claims India is Training Islamic State Terrorists in the Middle of A Muddy Lake in Jodhpur
Last week, Pakistan's NSA Moeed Yusuf claimed that Indian security forces are managing five ISIS training camps in India.
- India
- September 06, 2021, 17:50 IST
Endless Warfare Lies Ahead in Afghanistan In Spite of ISI-Brokered Deal to Appoint New PM
Like their predecessors, the Taliban’s commanders may soon discover warfare isn’t just a means to gain power, but an end in itself.
- India
- August 31, 2021, 22:23 IST
Tensions in Taliban: Anticlimactic Birth of Second Emirate Could Point to Troubles Ahead
Experts point to a fierce power struggle that has broken out since the Taliban seized Kabul on August 14.
- India
- August 20, 2021, 13:16 IST
Behind Fall of Kabul, an Afghan Military That was Designed and Hard-Wired to Fail
Even though funding was lavished on the Afghan military, there just wasn’t time for it to develop a stable institutional culture, and allow it to operate independently.
- India
- August 20, 2021, 13:13 IST
The Afghanistan Army Was Hard-Wired to Fail: Here's Why
Even though funding was lavished on the Afghan military, there just wasn’t time for it to develop a stable institutional culture, and allow it to operate independently.
- India
- August 17, 2021, 17:05 IST
Rise of Islamist Terror to China's Dominance: Implications Afghanistan's Fall Could Have on India
As the Taliban regime consolidates itself and becomes a regional player, we look at the four key takeaways from the situation in Afghanistan.
- India
- August 16, 2021, 19:10 IST
After Kabul's Takeover, What the Taliban’s Triumph Means for India and the World
India’s wisest course of action might be to sit on the sidelines, and watch the match — until opportunity presents itself.
- India
- July 18, 2021, 14:36 IST
Pak Man Based in London to be Tried for Attempt to Assassinate Pakistani Blogger Critical of Army
The trial comes on the back of the deaths of two exiled Pakistani dissidents — Karima Baloch and Sajid Husain Baloch — which investigators claim were suicides, but activists suspect murder.
- India
- July 09, 2021, 18:54 IST
The Chaiwala’s Son From J&K's Sopore Who Became a Hizbul Mujahideen Killer
Earlier this week, twenty-eight years after the massacre, loss has again visited Abdul Khaliq Halwai
- India
- July 05, 2021, 09:35 IST
Two Drones Used in Jammu Airport Attack, Eyewitnesses Tell NIA, Pak Role Under Lens
Forensic analysis has suggested that the explosive used in the attack was RDX, a widely-used military explosive, packed into what are known as shaped charges.
- India
- June 28, 2021, 10:43 IST
Cheap Tech, Pakistan's Role: Why First-ever Drone Attack is Pivotal Point in Kashmir Terror
Early on Sunday morning, two 1.5 kilogram, pressure-activated explosive devices were dropped inside an Indian Air Force’s base in Jammu by just such a drone — missing a hangar.
- India
- June 24, 2021, 08:55 IST
Prime Minister’s Meet With Kashmir Leaders Key to Ending Dangerous Political Drift
The take-away is a simple one: the new status-quo in Kashmir is a fragile one. In 2008, 2010, and again 2016, long periods of peace were torn apart by mass violence, driven by ethnic-religious issues. That risk remains, in the absence of solid political foundations.

Praveen Swami

Praveen Swami

'I Am the Flower and the Sword': Teen Terrorist’s Life Casts Light on Kashmiri Generation Alpha Jihad

Execution-style Killings of Minorities far from New to Kashmir

Kabul Airport Suicide Attacker was Freed by Taliban After 4 Years in CIA Custody for New Delhi Terror Plot

Why Pak Claims India is Training Islamic State Terrorists in the Middle of A Muddy Lake in Jodhpur

Endless Warfare Lies Ahead in Afghanistan In Spite of ISI-Brokered Deal to Appoint New PM

Tensions in Taliban: Anticlimactic Birth of Second Emirate Could Point to Troubles Ahead

Behind Fall of Kabul, an Afghan Military That was Designed and Hard-Wired to Fail

The Afghanistan Army Was Hard-Wired to Fail: Here's Why

Rise of Islamist Terror to China's Dominance: Implications Afghanistan's Fall Could Have on India

After Kabul's Takeover, What the Taliban’s Triumph Means for India and the World

Pak Man Based in London to be Tried for Attempt to Assassinate Pakistani Blogger Critical of Army

The Chaiwala’s Son From J&K's Sopore Who Became a Hizbul Mujahideen Killer

Two Drones Used in Jammu Airport Attack, Eyewitnesses Tell NIA, Pak Role Under Lens

Cheap Tech, Pakistan's Role: Why First-ever Drone Attack is Pivotal Point in Kashmir Terror

Prime Minister’s Meet With Kashmir Leaders Key to Ending Dangerous Political Drift

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