Pakistan, June 11 -- In the tribal belts and mountain shadows, two flags flutter for terror: Daesh and the BLA. One wraps itself in theocratic absolutism, the other in ethnic separatism. Their slogans differ, their semantics differ, and their sponsors may differ but the endgame is the same: to unravel Pakistan from within. Their recent infighting may tempt observers into reading it as progress. It is not. It is chaos devouring itself. And even chaos kills.

ISKP claims divine mandate. The BLA claims ethnic nationalism. But behind their slogans lie converging agendas: destabilise the state, terrorise civilians, and create a political vacuum. One invokes a warped theology, and the other weaponises historical grievances. Both thrive on chaos...