Saman Ayesha Kidwai

Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Ms Saman Ayesha Kidwai’s article ‘Taliban Vs ISKP: Warring Actors in an Unstable Afghanistan’ has been published in Eurasia Review on 15 June 2023. Groups...

Al-Qaeda and ISIS have attempted to monopolise the transnational jihadist movement and emerge as the sole vanguard of the Ummah (community).

• Saman Ayesha Kidwai |
• May 23, 2023 |
• Issue Brief

Border clashes and failure to act against the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) have led to rising tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

• Saman Ayesha Kidwai |
• December 09, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

The principles encompassing the Delhi Declaration reiterate that India’s core security concerns broadly resonate with the members of the UNSC.

• Saman Ayesha Kidwai |
• November 16, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

Research Analyst, Manohar Parrikar IDSA, Ms Saman Ayesha Kidwai’s research article ‘Rivalry between the Taliban and ISKP: The Collision of Terror’ has been published in India Quarterly Journal on 20...

Concerns of radicalisation in SDF-run facilities in Syria remain high, given that reports flag corruption, crime, and deplorable security conditions at these camps.

• Saman Ayesha Kidwai |
• October 18, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) has witnessed a 2000 per cent surge in heroin-related drug seizures between 2017 and 2022, with significant national security and societal consequences.

• Saman Ayesha Kidwai |
• September 12, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments

Balochistan is one of the most restive areas in Pakistan that has endured systematic and extraordinary suppression at the hands of the Pakistani State and its security forces. The Baloch...

• Saman Ayesha Kidwai |
• September 2022 |
• Strategic Analysis

The strike against Zawahiri is being hailed as a vindication of the US’s ‘over-the-horizon’ strategy in eradicating terrorism without placing boots on the ground.

• Saman Ayesha Kidwai |
• August 16, 2022 |
• Issue Brief

Women play active roles in sustaining and facilitating extremist activities on the African continent.

• Saman Ayesha Kidwai, Sindhu Dinesh |
• July 15, 2022 |
• IDSA Comments