T. Khurshchev Singh

The month of May 2009 was the most violent month in Pakistan in the last five years. As the security forces launched a concerted operation against the Taliban in Malakand...

• T. Khurshchev Singh, Alok Bansal |
• September 02, 2009 |
• IDSA Comments

April saw the foot soldiers of Taliban moving to Buner and Dir, after consolidating their position in Swat. The march of Taliban to Buner, which is separated from Islamabad just...

• T. Khurshchev Singh, Alok Bansal |
• August 07, 2009 |
• IDSA Comments

Consequent to the peace deals signed by the Pakistani state with Taliban, the number of terror-related incidents in March came down in regions, which have been afflicted with violence in...

• T. Khurshchev Singh, Alok Bansal |
• May 14, 2009 |
• IDSA Comments

Highlight of the month was the peace deal signed by the NWFP government with the founder of Tehrik Nifaz Shariat-e- Mohammadi (TNSM), Sufi Mohammad. The deal did bring some ‘peace’...

• T. Khurshchev Singh, Alok Bansal |
• May 01, 2009 |
• IDSA Comments

• T. Khurshchev Singh |
• March 2009 |
• Strategic Analysis

The first month of the new calendar year saw a reversal of the trend of declining casualties witnessed during the last three months, whilst the incidents of violence continued to...

• T. Khurshchev Singh, Alok Bansal |
• February 28, 2009 |
• IDSA Comments

Amidst apprehensions of a conflict between India and Pakistan after attacks on Mumbai on 26 November, as Pakistani security forces ostensibly diverted their attention from the Western to the Eastern...

• T. Khurshchev Singh, Alok Bansal |
• January 31, 2009 |
• IDSA Comments

• T. Khurshchev Singh, Alok Bansal |
• December 31, 2008 |
• IDSA Comments

The number of violent incidents in Pakistan increased from 309 in September 2008 to 346 in October 2008. Yet, casualty figures decreased from 1342 to 1081.1 This shows that Pakistan’s...

• T. Khurshchev Singh, Alok Bansal |
• December 02, 2008 |
• IDSA Comments

Although September coincides with the holy month of Ramzan in the Islamic calendar, the violence in Pakistan during the month surpassed that in August, which itself was the most violent...

• T. Khurshchev Singh, Alok Bansal |
• November 03, 2008 |
• IDSA Comments