Insurgency

Suspected militant attacks kill dozens in Burkina Faso

The attacks in the country's north and northwest targeted a civilian auxiliary force that supports the military in a seven-year fight against the militants.

France completes pull-out of all troops in Mali

The last soldiers belonging to France's Barkhane operation in Mali left the African country after nearly a decade, following President Macron's decision to pull out.

The Taliban is repeating the US’ counterinsurgency mistakes

Washington’s ill-planned approach strengthened the Taliban insurgency. Now, Kabul risks doing the same to Daesh-K.

How will Daesh-K impact US-Taliban relations?

Increasing threats from Daesh-K could bring about greater cooperation not only between the Taliban and Washington, but also between the new Afghan administration and other countries.

Taliban attack in Afghanistan kills several security force members

The suicide car bomb blast near a military base in Pul-e-Khumri was followed by a gunfight, killing at least six security force members, according to a spokesperson for the Afghan National Army.

What’s happening in Mozambique as Daesh claims deadly attacks?

Militants have briefly seized a strategic port city on the eastern African coast, pushing foreign contractors to flee and creating chaos unseen for a long time.

Russia holds inter-Afghan talks to pressure for ceasefire, peace deal

Just six weeks before a deadline for the US to pull out troops that have been in Afghanistan for nearly 20 years, Washington sent a senior official for the first time to participate in regional peace talks convened by Russia.

Islam, Western historical revisionism and the Shah Massoud exception

In a career filled with complexity and contradiction, Massoud was lionised as the ‘good Muslim’ during the insurgencies of the 1980s and 1990s, an expediency that would reek of Western dissonance post-2001.

UN warns humanitarian crisis is worsening in Mozambique

Militant attacks in northern Mozambique have created a "worsening humanitarian crisis", the UN says, estimating that over half a million people had now fled their homes.

Several dead as militants attack security checkpoint in Pakistan

Pakistan's army reports at least seven dead in an attack by a group of militants at a paramilitary checkpoint in southern Balochistan province.

Why Ethiopia's Tigray conflict won't turn into a protracted insurgency

The Tigray People’s Liberation Front has executed a series of coercive steps to provoke a conflict at the local, national and regional level to force international powers to intervene.

Tribal activists ambushed in Bangladesh's restive southeastern hills

Gunmen kill at least six supporters of a group associated with Jan Sanhati Samiti insurgent movement, about 400 kilometres southeast of the capital, Dhaka.