Terror organization: Al Qaeda. Status: A key leader. Role: Hamza al-Ghamdi is a native of Saudi Arabia and a senior leader of the terrorist group Al Qaeda. Before September 11 terror attack, Al-Ghamdi was one of Usama bin Laden’s most trusted associates and head of bin Laden’s security detail. Al-Ghamdi fought invading Soviet troops alongside bin Laden in Afghanistan in […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Ukraine on August 23-24 has brought to light the dual-faced nature of India’s foreign policy. While the visit was presented as a show of support for Ukraine amidst its ongoing conflict with Russia, a closer examination reveals a strategy that is far more self-serving and deeply rooted in India’s long-standing ties with Russia. Modi’s […]

Less than two weeks after the May 9 protests in which military assets and facilities in Pakistan were targeted by incensed mobs, Pakistan army’s media wing Inter Services Public Relations [ISPR] issued a press release stating that army chief Gen Syed Asim Munir had said that “legal process of trial against planners, instigators, abettors and perpetrators involved in 9 May […]

In April 2022, less than a year after it took power in Kabul, the Taliban announced it would prohibit the cultivation, production, trafficking, trade and consumption of all narcotics in Afghanistan. At the time, many observers were skeptical of both the group’s sincerity, due to the revenues it had long generated from the drugs industry, and its ability to enforce […]

A greater proportion of Muslims migrate from India as compared to Hindus. Art 14 and other human rights institutions tell us why. Only 15% of India’s population is Muslim but 33% of all India-born migrants in the world are Muslims. About 80% of the people in India are Hindus, but Hindus are only 41% of emigrants from India, according to […]

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s visit to India is long overdue and timely, in elevating a new way forward of a strengthened Kuala Lumpur-New Delhi ties, which forms one of the most strategic and critical bilateral relationships in the region for both economic and geopolitical domains. Anwar’s three-day visit is also a chance to reset Malaysia’s relations with India, following […]

The recent statement by the Taliban’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, dismissing the remarks made by Pakistan’s envoy about the potential for a 9/11-style attack originating from Afghanistan, has sparked widespread debate. The Ministry’s assertion that such a threat is more likely to originate from Pakistan rather than Afghanistan is not only misleading but also overlooks the harsh realities on the […]

The Communist Party of China is officially atheist but China’s premier, Li Qiang, recently had a “come to Jesus” meeting with Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif. China is frustrated by Pakistan’s inability to protect Chinese workers on the $62 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a key part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Aside from killing Chinese citizens, the […]