Archive for August 22nd, 2023

US-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Summit In Camp David: Evolving Geopolitics In Asia Pacific Region – Analysis

With the evolving geopolitical dynamics in Asia, the US, Japan, and South Korea, known as democratic allies, are trying to show a united front against the threats posed by North Korea and China in the Asia-Pacific region. With this aim, Joe Biden, Fumio Kishida, and Yoon Suk Yeol met in Camp David to strengthen their trilateral cooperation and partnership on […]

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Justice Ministry to license more defense lawyers

Justice Ministry officials announced Monday that the leadership of the Islamic Emirate has approved a plan to increase the number of defense lawyers in the country. Deputy minister of justice stated this in a ceremony to conduct tests for 723 defense attorney applicants. “We have delegations to assess the attorneys’ offices, and the leadership of the Islamic Emirate has approved […]

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Haqqani says TTP is an internal issue for Pakistan to solve

The Acting Minister of Interior Affairs says that if Pakistan solves the issue of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) by force, it will harm both countries. Sirajuddin Haqqani said during a trip to Uruzgan province that the Islamic Emirate is in favor of solving the problem of TTP through dialogue. “Pakistan has no real problem with Afghanistan. Their problems are internal and […]

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Pakistani opposition party leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi detained

Pakistani opposition leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi was detained on Saturday, his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party said, just hours after he said it would challenge any delay to the country’s election in the courts. Party spokesman Zulfi Bukhari told Reuters the specific reason for the detention of Qureshi, twice Pakistan’s foreign minister, was not immediately clear. The caretaker information minister did not […]

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Four kidnappers killed in Kabul’s Paghman district: MoI

The Ministry of Interior has confirmed four kidnappers were killed during an operation in Paghman district of Kabul province on Saturday night. The ministry said in a statement that the operation by special units was launched at 9:45 p.m. on Saturday in Pusht Badam area of Paghman district. According to the statement, the kidnappers had abducted a citizen named Mohammad […]

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UN says 30 humanitarian workers killed in Afghanistan in last 2 years

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Saturday that at least 30 humanitarian aid workers were killed in Afghanistan in the last two years. In a video message on the occasion of World Humanitarian Day, OCHA’s humanitarian coordinator for Afghanistan, Daniel Endres, said that many of the humanitarian workers killed were polio vaccinators and deminers. […]

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Afghan govt has ability to respond to any type of aggression: army chief

The Islamic Emirate’s Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Afghanistan on Sunday warned that the government has the ability to respond to any type of aggression, following Pakistani authorities threatening to carry out military operations in Afghanistan. Speaking at the government’s accountability program, Fasihuddin Fitrah said that Pakistan should stop accusing Afghanistan, but address the problem of insecurity […]

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IEA has more than 400,000 security forces: deputy PM

Abdulsalam Hanafi, the administrative deputy prime minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, on Saturday, claimed that the IEA has more than 400,000 security force members between the ministries of defense and interior and the intelligence agency. Hanafi revealed this during a ceremony to celebrate the 104th anniversary of Afghanistan’s independence from Britain. He emphasized that the Islamic Emirate wants […]

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Pakistan’s Weak Political Assertiveness And Its Causes – OpEd

In a recent deal struck between the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, Pakistan negotiated another lifeline in the form of a $3bn Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) to survive as a country. To the present date, IMF provided loans to Pakistan twenty-two times. A lending agreement between IMF and Pakistan simply means a credit line for Pakistan […]

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Taliban Ban On Political Parties: Rudderless Priorities – OpEd

The hard-line Taliban regime of Afghanistan has bannd political parties by describing it as unIslamic, against peoples interests, and alleging that parties have caused turmoil for decades in the country. The situation with respect to democracy in Afghanistan during the past two years of the Taliban 2.0 was worst and this move will further dent democratic evolution. The world had […]

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