Islamabad has launched a new counterjihadist offensive in the tribal areas.

A key Taliban leader who had been helping Islamabad combat hostile Taliban factions was reportedly killed in a U.S. airstrike.

Stratfor East Asia analyst John Minnich discusses how Chinese investments in South Asia serve as a security strategy and as an opportunity for access to resources and ports.

Stratfor military analyst Omar Lamrani examines the recent Taliban attack on Camp Bastion, a NATO base in Afghanistan, and explains how such attacks can affect negotiations.

The U.S. withdrawal and lack of preparedness on the part of the Afghan armed forces offers the Taliban an opportunity to restore some of the control over the province it lost during the U.S. surge.

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula's ties to the al Qaeda core set the group apart from other regional al Qaeda nodes.

North Waziristan is the only tribal agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas that Pakistan has excluded from its ongoing offensive against Taliban rebels and their transnational allies. Pakistan has avoided attempts to bring North Waziristan under state control.

Stratfor's Abe Selig explains how the May 20 NATO summit and the assassination of a Taliban official complicate the United States' goal of withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Stratfor CEO George Friedman assesses the thinking behind the recent 10-year strategic plan between the U.S. and Afghanistan and looks at future U.S. military involvement in the Indian and Pacific oceans.

Chief geopolitical analyst Robert D. Kaplan explains how a look at Afghanistan's history and geography can offer a forecast of the country's future.