Strategic Messaging

Propaganda, narratives, and information operations by militant and non-state actors.

Strategic Messaging is our flagship series of regular intelligence briefings and analytical articles focused on propaganda, narratives, and information operations by militant and non-state actors. It examines how groups shape legitimacy, construct recruitment narratives, and operate across evolving media ecosystems. Through in-depth analysis of organisations such as the TTP, ISKP, AQIS, and Baloch militant groups, we deliver specialised, intelligence-driven insights.

Strategic Messaging

Heretics, Adversaries, and Legitimacy: Decoding Al-Mirsaad, The Afghan Taliban’s Strategic Communications Apparatus

May 2026

Joey Moran · May 4, 2026
Strategic Messaging

Durand Dispatch: Strategic Messaging

April 2026 Volume 1, Issue 3

Amira Jadoon and Saif Tahir · Apr 29, 2026
Strategic Messaging

Analyzing Invade: Islamic State’s New Pakistan-Focused Propaganda Magazine

Islamic State, Afghanistan, Pakistan

Amira Jadoon · Apr 12, 2026
Strategic Messaging

From Chitral to Karachi: The Tehrik-i-Taliban’s Year-Long Geographic Expansion in 2025

For much of its existence, the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has been understood as a threat emanating…

Amira Jadoon · Apr 7, 2026
Strategic Messaging

Operation Herof 2.0: Women on the Front Lines of the Baloch Insurgency

Women in Combat

Amira Jadoon · Mar 19, 2026
Strategic Messaging

Durand Dispatch: Strategic Messaging

March 2026 Volume 1, Issue 2

Amira Jadoon and Saif Tahir · Mar 13, 2026
Strategic Messaging

The Splintering Landscape: Jamaat ul-Ahrar’s Strategic Hedging

The Afghanistan-Pakistan Militant Landscape

Amira Jadoon · Jan 29, 2026
Strategic Messaging

Durand Dispatch: Strategic Messaging

2026 Volume 1, Issue 1

Amira Jadoon · Jan 26, 2026
Strategic Messaging

Why Pakistani Militants Are Turning to Women Recruits

The Gender Gambit

Amira Jadoon · Dec 2, 2025
Strategic Messaging

Durand Dispatch: Strategic Messaging

October-November 2025

Amira Jadoon · Nov 27, 2025
Strategic Messaging

Digital Jihad: Weaponization of AI Literacy as Religious Obligation

Islamic State Khorasan

Amira Jadoon · Nov 26, 2025
Strategic Messaging

Durand Dispatch: Strategic Messaging

September-October 2025

Amira Jadoon · Oct 20, 2025
Strategic Messaging

Durand Dispatch: Strategic Messaging

August-September 2025

Amira Jadoon · Sep 23, 2025
Strategic Messaging

Durand Dispatch: Strategic Messaging

July- August 2025

Amira Jadoon · Aug 13, 2025
Strategic Messaging

Durand Dispatch: Strategic Messaging

June - July 2025

Amira Jadoon · Jul 8, 2025
Strategic Messaging

Durand Dispatch: Strategic Messaging

May-June 2025

Amira Jadoon, Saif Tahir and Joey Moran · Jun 9, 2025