Just 20 days before [Russia’s invasion of Ukraine]…, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping signed a statement that said their cooperation had “no limits… no forbidden zones.” “Russia and China are making common cause to better defend their respective interests and their authoritarian systems from Western pressure,” said Daniel Russel, a former Obama administration official handling Asia […]

Karachi police on Tuesday claimed to have arrested two alleged terrorists of a banned outfit from the site Superhighway. As per police, two ‘terrorists’ associated with an outlawed outfit were arrested during an action at Superhighway in which officials also recovered four hand grenades and two Kalashnikovs The arrested were identified as Ahmedullah alias Bashir and Naeemtullah. The police after […]

Millions of dollars are being smuggled into Afghanistan from Pakistan every day, providing some support for the squeezed economy after the US and Europe denied the Taliban regime access to billions in foreign reserves. For Islamabad, the outflows are exacerbating a rapidly developing economic crisis. Traders and smugglers are bringing as much as $5 million across the border daily, according […]

On January 10, 2023, a video was posted to the RTA Pashto channel on YouTube in which the head of a Muslim scholars’ delegation visiting the Taliban government in Afghanistan, Egyptian Islamist scholar Dr. Mohamed Al-Sagheer said that after “defeating” the U.S., the Taliban has effectively prevented the cultivation of drugs in Afghanistan. He said that the American “occupation” had […]