Pakistan has legally authorized its army-run spy agency to tap telephone calls and messages, further strengthening its key role in the politics of a nation ruled by military regimes for almost half its independent history. The powerful military plays an oversized role in making and breaking governments in Pakistan, where the new powers for its Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency provoked […]

In an unprecedented departure from fundamental diplomatic courtesies, both Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and its Foreign Office [FO] failed to convey the customary congratulatory message to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the victory of his National Democratic Alliance [NDA] coalition party in the general elections after the poll results were officially announced.

On July 2, 2024, the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit (CTTC) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested three operatives of Ansar-al-Islam/ Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), Mohammad Mamun Hossain, Abu Bakkar, and Hasibul Islam, in the Mohakhali Bus Terminal area of Dhaka, the capital city. On July 1, 2024, an Ansar al-Islam operative, Parvin Akhtar (24), who was secretly […]

As war rages in Ukraine, the logical step for the United States has been to revitalize its security cooperation with NATO. This is the project that President Joe Biden’s administration has skillfully orchestrated since February 2022.

Tensions between neighbors Pakistan and Afghanistan are running high as the Pakistani Defense Minister Khawaja Asif said this week that his country plans to continue launching cross-border attacks as part of a new military operation to curb terrorism. The comments mark a notable shift for Pakistani officials who, until now, had only admitted to one such cross-border strike in March. […]

Taliban security forces in Afghanistan claimed Sunday that they had killed a key Islamic State commander in an eastern province bordering Pakistan. An official Taliban media outlet reported that counter-terrorism forces in Nangarhar had raided a hideout of Islamic State Khorasan, also known as IS-K, an Afghan-based affiliate of the transnational extremist group. The Al-Mersaad outlet said that Sunday’s action […]

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa: Bajaur Ablaze On July 3, 2024, former Senator Hidayatullah Khan was killed along with four others, when the senator’s car was targeted in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in the Damadola area of Bajaur in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). Bajaur District Police Officer Sajjad Ahmad disclosed that the former senator was on his way to a by-election campaign […]

Le président chinois Xi Jinping a appelé le 4 juillet les membres de l’Organisation de coopération de Shanghai (OCS) à garantir la sécurité «face à la menace réelle que représente la mentalité de Guerre froide». Lors de la 24ème réunion du Conseil des chefs d’État de l’OCS à Astana, au Kazakhstan, il a exhorté les États membres à «souscrire à […]

Dans une déclaration commune adoptée à l’issue du sommet de l’Organisation de coopération de Shanghai (OCS) qui s’est tenu du 3 au 4 juillet à Astana, au Kazakhstan, il y a un point qu’il convient de bien mettre en exergue : «Les pays de l’OCS appellent à une réforme complète de l’ONU afin de renforcer son autorité». Actuellement, l’ONU n’est […]

In a June 25, 2024 statement, Hizb-ut-Tahrir Afghanistan criticized the granting of mining contracts to private companies from China, Russia, the UK, and U.S., saying that according to shari’a, the natural resources of an Islamic country like Afghanistan belong only to the Ummah. “Afghanistan’s mines are public property. The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) has stated: … ‘Muslims […]