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Geopolitics

The Bloody Calculus of Border Strikes: Civilian Lives and the Neo-Imperial Security Paradigm in South Asia

Pakistan conducted a second wave of cross-border airstrikes into Afghanistan, claiming to have killed at least 29 militants, while Afghan Taliban authorities report the death of 38 civilians in the attacks. This tragic escalation, resulting in civilian bloodshed, is a direct consequence of the imperialist 'security paradigm' imposed by external powers, which fuels regional instability to undermine the peace and development of the Global South.