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• CSTO holds military drills in Tajikistan, close to Afghanistan
  October 17, 2024
  The CSTO the drill, from October 11 to 14, included Russian, Kazakh and Kyrgyz forces and aimed to train them in fighting illegal armed groups planning to attack the region The Collective Security Treaty Organisation
• Afghanistan launches investigation into Iranian border massacre claims
  October 17, 2024
  The Islamic Emirate confirmed late Wednesday it has initiated an investigation into allegations that over 200 Afghan migrants were shot dead on the Iran-Afghanistan border by Iranian military forces on Sunday.
• India Begins A Rebalance Of Security Concerns Over China And Economic Aspirations – Analysis
  October 16, 2024
  Since first assuming office in 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government has aimed to increase the share of manufacturing in India’s GDP. In 2014, the government launched the Make-in-India campaign, which
• Changing Security Dynamics In Bangladesh’s Chittagong Hill Tracts – Analysis
  October 16, 2024
  Ethnic conflicts have become a global problem with serious regional cross-border implications. Scholarly concern with ethnic groups and conflict have become increasingly salient since the second half of the twentieth
• China In The Mekong: The Evolving Dragon – Analysis
  October 16, 2024
  Sustaining the lives of over 65 million people, the Mekong River is a crucial lifeline for the six co-riparian Southeast Asian countries—China, Myanmar, Thailand, Lao PDR, Cambodia, and Vietnam. Given its rich
• Pakistan’s Counter Terrorism Operations Against Terrorism – OpEd
  October 16, 2024
  Pakistan’s security forces conducted two successful intelligence-based operations (IBOs) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on October 9 and 10, 2024, resulting in the elimination of four Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
• “Small Yard, High Fence”: These four words conceal a mess
  October 16, 2024
  First some fantastic news this morning: Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James Robinson have won the Nobel memorial prize in economic science for their work on institutions. I hope to write more about those ideas when
• Media Report Examines The Role Of Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA): Since 2018 ‘BLA’s Majeed Brigade Has Executed 12 Major Suicide Attacks… Involving 64 Suicide Bombers’
  October 16, 2024
  On the night of August 25-26, 2024, the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), a secessionist group fighting for the independence of Balochistan from Pakistan, launched Operation Herof (“Black Storm”), a series
• In Dari-Language Booklet, Islamic State Khurasan Province (ISKP) Castigates Saudi Arabia For Promoting Music And Obscenity, Declares Prince Salman An Apostate, Calls Muslims To Travel To Afghanistan
  October 16, 2024
  In a Dari-language booklet, the Islamic State Khurasan Province (ISKP) accuses the Saudi government of promoting indecency in the “land of revelation,” especially by organizing concerts and criticizes
• India’s Muslims: An Increasingly Marginalized Population
  October 16, 2024
  Summary Introduction India is home to some two hundred million Muslims, one of the world’s largest Muslim populations but a minority in the predominantly Hindu country. Since India’s independence, Muslims have often