Topic

Militarisation

Militarisation of society, territory and infrastructure.

2 articles

English Pakistan

How a regional warmonger came to host US-Iran peace talks

Farooq Sulehria on why Pakistan’s garrison state, hosting US-Iran talks to global applause at home, remains a regional warmonger — from Iranian missile strikes on Balochistan to sectarian unrest in Gilgit-Baltistan.

ammara 25 Apr 2026

English Afghanistan

Neither Islamabad nor Kabul: A Left Perspective on the Pakistan–Afghanistan War

Farooq Sulehria on the Pakistan–Afghanistan border war, the Frankenstein logic of jihadist patronage, the Taliban’s gender apartheid, and why the left should align with neither Islamabad nor Kabul.

ammara 1 Mar 2026