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• Taliban defense chief visits Badakhshan amid internal tensions
  July 6, 2026
  The Taliban’s defense minister, Yaqoob Mujahid, has travelled to border areas in northeastern Badakhshan province, his ministry said, as tensions persist between the Taliban leadership and an influential local
• South Asia Intelligence Review
  July 4, 2026
  Punjab: Insidious Wave Punjab is experiencing an escalation in low-intensity terrorist activities orchestrated by Khalistani extremist networks, often in tandem with foreign-based gangsters and Pakistan-backed handlers.
• Pakistan Carries Out Deadly Airstrikes in Eastern Afghanistan
  July 4, 2026
  Pakistan carried out airstrikes overnight in eastern Afghanistan, Islamabad said on Monday, adding its operations had targeted militants as the Afghan government reported dozens of civilian casualties. Pakistan’s
• India Flexes Muscles in Turkey’s Backyard: A New Front in the Middle East
  July 4, 2026
  India is expanding ties with Greece, Cyprus, Armenia, and Israel to counter Turkey’s growing regional influence and its partnership with Pakistan. By strengthening defense cooperation and strategic partnerships, New
• How America’s Iran War Became China’s Finest Diplomatic Gain
  July 4, 2026
  The United States and Iran have formally signed a memorandum of understanding, ending a war that lasted nearly four months. The Strait of Hormuz has reopened. The Iranian regime is still standing. Not one of the
• 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