Asad Ullah Khan
Senior Research Associate
Professional Experience
Asad Ullah Khan is a Senior Research Associate at Centre for Aerospace & Security Studies (CASS), Islamabad. His area of research is national Security and counter terrorism. He represented Pakistan on various national and international forums on the subject matter. He is the author of numerous research articles, book chapters and opinion articles in reputed journals, books and magazines in the domain of countering violent extremism (CVE). Previously, he was associated with the Institute of Strategic Studies Islamabad (ISSI) for six years. Recently, he has published his work in a book launched by International Center for Counter Terrorism in Hague, Netherlands.
Publications
Village Defence Guards: Local Militias in IIOJK
The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Hindu nationalist government in India has recently taken another step towards the suppression of Muslims in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJK). The Indian government has revived the Village Defence Guards – hereinafter referred to as VDGs.
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Pakistan’s Madrassah Conundrum
The madrassah sector in Pakistan constitutes a large segment of students seeking religious education. These madrassahs are often regarded as pursuing specific political and ideological agendas. Religious seminaries, especially unregistered and unregulated, usually enroll students from low-income, rural
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Iran-Afghanistan Water Dispute and Regional Implications
The water issue between Iran and Afghanistan is not new. It can be traced back to 1973 when a formal treaty was signed between the two countries. Despite this agreement, both states have been unable to amicably resolve their transboundary water
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Gender-based Terrorism in Pakistan
The involvement of women in acts of terror is not a new phenomenon at a global level. However, it has gained significant attention in Pakistan, particularly in recent times, amidst the resurgence
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‘Xiplomacy’: China’s Global Security Initiative
At the opening ceremony of Boao Forum’s Annual Conference 2022, Chinese President Xi Jinping laid down a new security framework
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Demolition of Kashmiri Rights
The abrogation of Articles 370 and 35-A on 5 August 2019 was perhaps the first step taken by India in order to systematically strip off the
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