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• South Asia Intelligence Review
  December 4, 2025
  Derailing the Lifeline On November 29, 2025, an improvised explosive device (IED) planted on the railway track detonated shortly before a train was expected to arrive in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan.
• Complications of the ‘Cooperative Rivalry’ Between Iran and Pakistan
  December 4, 2025
  Iranian President Masoud Pezhakian’s visit to Islamabad on August 2, which led to the signing of 12 cooperation agreements between Iran and Pakistan, is a reflection of the 12-day Israel-Iran war. Pakistan strongly
• Muslim Question in India after 78 Years of Independence
  December 2, 2025
  Seventy-eight years after India’s independence in 1947, the condition of the country’s Muslim community raises a number of enduring questions—about equity, integration, and justice. The community, which comprises
• Afghanistan looks to India partnership as Pakistan shuts down key trade corridor
  December 2, 2025
  He thanked India’s Ministry of External Affairs for facilitating discussions, noting that technical teams and private-sector representatives from both countries have been in continuous contact. Afghanistan is
• Afghanistan Vows Retaliation Against Pakistan for Deadly Strikes
  November 27, 2025
  Afghanistan’s Taliban government vowed Tuesday to “respond appropriately” to overnight strikes it blamed on neighboring Pakistan that killed 10 people, as tensions spiked the day after a suicide bombing in a
• Survivors in eastern Afghanistan recount deadly nighttime strikes
  November 27, 2025
  The house that once stood on the mountainside in Mughulgai village, Gurbaz district, is now only scattered stone and dust. Just hours earlier, it was a family home — filled with laughter, children, and the warmth of a
• Pakistan army cautiously rejects strikes in Afghanistan
  November 27, 2025
  Pakistan’s military on Tuesday issued a cautious response to Taliban accusations of deadly airstrikes in eastern Afghanistan, saying it does not conduct undeclared military operations and “never targets
• Pakistan military says did not ‘attack Afghanistan’ after strikes kill at least 10
  November 27, 2025
  Pakistan’s military denied on Tuesday it had struck neighbouring Afghanistan, rejecting accusations by the Taliban government that it was behind an overnight air raid that killed 10 people near the border. “Pakistan
• I-See-BMs: Chinese Nuclear Policy Under Xi Jinping
  November 24, 2025
  In 2021, open-source intelligence efforts revealed a surprising discovery using commercial satellite imagery: China was building at least two silo fields for nuclear missiles. By 2022, a third field was identified.
• China’s economic slowdown and spillovers to Africa
  November 24, 2025
  Bottom lines up front Executive summary China’s economic rise and its integration with Africa have catalyzed new infrastructure and industries across the continent. But this also now exposes African countries to