The author is a Research Fellow at the New Delhi-based Institute for Conflict Management. She has co-authored the book, “The Taliban Misrule in Afghanistan: Suicide Brigades, the IS-K Military Strength and its Suicide Vehicle Industry”, along with Musa Khan Jalalzai. She has been writing on various socio-political issues of Pakistan for over a decade. She can be reached at sanchita.bhat83@gmail.com.