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• Why It’s a Mistake to Drop the ‘Indo’ from Indo-Pacific
  June 29, 2026
  The US Pacific Command’s recent name change will undermine the US-India relationship. The decision of the United States to restore the US Indo-Pacific Command to its former designation as the “US Pacific Command”
• Full transcript: Interview with UK Special Envoy Richard Lindsay
  June 29, 2026
  In this interview with Amu TV’s Lotfullah Najafizada, Richard Lindsay, the UK’s Special Envoy for Afghanistan, discusses the Taliban’s governance, women’s rights, terrorism, regional security, humanitarian aid
• UN says Afghanistan’s opium collapse is reshaping global heroin market
  June 29, 2026
  Afghanistan’s dramatic collapse in opium production following the Taliban’s nationwide drug ban is fundamentally reshaping global heroin markets, reducing supplies of the drug while raising the risk that traffickers
• China & Taiwan Update, June 26, 2026
  June 29, 2026
  Toplines The PRC may be aiming to alter the status quo in the West Pacific by expanding its regular law enforcement and research activity to the waters east of Taiwan. The PRC likely aims to erode Taiwanese sovereignty
• Russia-Taliban Relations Are Growing: Implications for US Policy
  June 29, 2026
  Since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in August 2021, Moscow has pursued increasingly close ties with the extremist Islamist organization. Russia is now the only country that formally recognizes the Taliban
• Russia Again Calls For Release Of Afghanistan’s Frozen Assets
  June 29, 2026
  Zamir Kabulov, Russia’s presidential envoy for Afghanistan, said Moscow and the Taliban administration want Afghanistan’s frozen assets to be released. However, he said no breakthrough is expected soon because the
• The Afghanistan Reckoning
  June 29, 2026
  Five years ago, the 20-year American war in Afghanistan came to an inglorious end. In April 2021, the United States had begun its final withdrawal, with the goal of pulling out the 2,500 U.S. troops that remained in the
• Xi Visits the DPRK: Expectations vs Reality
  June 24, 2026
  On June 8-9, 2026, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee and President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping paid a state visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The visit was
• EU hosts Taliban officials in Brussels despite criticism
  June 24, 2026
  The European Union on Tuesday hosted a five-member Taliban delegation in Brussels despite criticism from human rights groups and European politicians who warned that the talks risked legitimizing the Taliban regime.
• South Asia Intelligence Review
  June 23, 2026
  TTH – New Proxy On June 18, 2026, Saif Ansari alias Rohit was arrested in Ranchi, Jharkhand, while Aman Ansari alias Golu and Sayam Sujan were arrested near Gajhandi Railway Station in the Koderma District of