Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday urged the Taliban rulers in Afghanistan to take action against militants harboring in the neighboring country, days after Kabul said at least 46 people had been killed in Pakistani airstrikes in the eastern border province of Paktika. The Pakistan army and government have not yet officially confirmed Tuesday’s airstrikes, which the Afghan Taliban said […]
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Turkistan Islamic Party leader criticizes the Islamic State’s ‘illegitimate’ caliphate
The Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP) has released another message attributed to its emir, Abdul Haq al Turkistani. The audio address, which was posted online on May 30, is the latest indication that Abdul Haq is still in charge of the group. The US thought it killed the TIP’s top man in a 2010 drone strike in Pakistan, but his death […]
Read more ›Former Russian President Medvedev In Beijing: ‘The Current High-Level Cooperation Between Russia And China Is The Result Of The Joint Guidance And Promotion By Putin And Xi’
On December 12, 2024, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a report of the meeting in Beijing between Chinese President Xi Jinping with former Russian president and current chairman of the country’s United Russia Party Dmitry Medvedev. During the meeting, delivered a signed letter to Xi from Russian President Vladimir Putin and expressed his delight at visiting China again […]
Read more ›Russian Deputy Prime Minister Savelyev: ‘Iran Is Russia’s Strategic Ally’
At the end of December 2024, Russian Deputy Prime Ministers Vitaly Savelyev and Alexei Overchuk visited the Islamic Republic of Iran, where they met with President Masoud Pezeshkian, First Vice President Mohammad Reza Aref, and Minister of Roads and Urban Development Farzaneh Sadegh. On December 23, during a meeting in Tehran with Russian Deputy Prime Minister Savelyev, Pezeshkian affirmed that […]
Read more ›Upon Arriving In China, Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi Publishes Article In China’s People’s Daily: My Trip To China Is The Beginning Of A New Era Of Strategic Cooperation
On December 27, 2024, upon his arrival in China on a diplomatic visit, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi published an article in the Chinese outlet People’s Daily in which he discussed the promising nature of Iran-China relations. Stating that his visit to China marked the beginning of a “golden half-century” of Iran-China relations which, he said, would include bilateral strategic […]
Read more ›2025 Might Be A Tumultuous Year For South Asia
The future of Indo-US relations under Trump 2.0 will ultimately play the largest role in determining the degree of tumult that South Asia experiences next year. South Asia is generally thought of as a comparatively stable region whose primary problems are socio-economic development, which shouldn’t be underestimated but isn’t the same as the geopolitical turbulence that West Asia and Europe […]
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