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

A period of relative calm in the disputed India-Pakistan border region has ended.

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

Attacks in Lahore and Gujrat could be the start of a rise in militant violence ahead of coming elections.

Stratfor's Abe Selig discusses the uneasy interdependence between the United States and Pakistan as both countries try to manage the fallout from the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Stratfor Vice President of Strategic Intelligence Reva Bhalla explains why Pakistan remains unconcerned by growing ties between the United States and India.

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 Vice President of Intelligence Fred Burton explains how careful analysis of militant group communications, such as a recent video plea by Warren Weinstein, a U.S. citizen held captive by al Qaeda in Pakistan, can help facilitate the safe return of hostages.

Tactical Analyst Ben West discusses the characteristics and significance of the Dec. 6 attacks in Afghanistan.

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Twenty-four Pakistani servicemen at a border outpost were killed in a U.S. airstrike on Nov. 26.