How US patronage of Pakistan enabled militancy and sustains risk of future 26/11 attacks (IANS Analysis)

IANS | November 21, 2025 10:38 PM

New Delhi, Nov 21 (IANS) The history of US-Pakistan relations illustrate one of the most paradoxical alliances in modern geopolitics: a superpower that continuously funded, armed, and politically legitimized a state whose security establishment simultaneously fostered the very militant ecosystems that would later threaten American, Indian, Afghan, and global security.

Pakistan weaponising Bangladesh for anti-India operations: Report

IANS | November 21, 2025 9:02 PM

Dhaka, Nov 21 (IANS) Aside from the narcotics network, Pakistan is weaponising Bangladesh’s territory for direct anti-India operations, with Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) handlers, including former Pakistan Army commandos, training over 125 recruits — including more than 50 Rohingya youths and cadres from terror organisations Ansarullah Bangla Team and Hizb-ut-Tahrir — at remote camps in Bandarban, Brahmanbaria, and Sylhet districts in Bangladesh, a report said on Friday.