Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the Joint Session of the US Congress in June 2016, declared that India had overcome the “hesitations of history”.[1] These long-standing “hesitations” ranged from the US support to Pakistan in the UN Security Council on the Kashmir issue, threats and intimidation in the Bay of Bengal resorted to by the US in 1971 during […]

Maoists: Crippled movement On May 21, 2025, in a major tactical blow to the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist), Nambala Keshava Rao aka Basava Raju aka Ganganna aka Krishna aka Vijay aka Prakash (70), the ‘general secretary’ of the party (the highest executive post), a ‘Politburo member’, ‘Central Committee (CC)’ member, and Central Military Commission (CMC)’ member, was killed along […]

During the short-lived Pakistan-India war on May 7-10, 2025, triggered by the April 22 jihadi terror attack at Pahalgam in Jammu and Kashmir, former mujahideen leader and chief of Hezb-e-Islami Afghanistan Gulbuddin Hekmatyar wrote a long article in which he outlined the Islamist position on the interests of the Islamic Ummah in such situations.[1] The article, titled “Our Country And […]

On May 12, 2025, Al-Mursalat, a media outlet associated with the Islamic State Khurasan Province (ISKP), published a Pashto-language article aimed at readers in Pakistan-Afghanistan region and criticizing Muslims who protest and vow to wage jihad against Israel but do not fight unbelievers in their home countries. The article, titled “Isn’t It A Strange Passion!” and written by one by […]

On May 3, Hindukush Ghag, a website associated with the General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA, i.e., the Afghan Taliban), said that the Shi’ite Afghan politician Mohammad Mohaqiq’s recent visit to Iran was meant to create proxy groups in Balochistan.[1] A delegation of anti-Taliban opposition leaders visited Iran during the last week of April […]

While the Trump administration may appear focused on trade, tariffs, and maximising economic gains, recent moves suggest otherwise. Steps taken in the last 100 days indicate that the United States (US)-China competition—particularly in the maritime domain—is now an indispensable part of any Washington agenda. On 9 April 2025, the Trump administration issued an executive order to revive the US domestic […]

On April 22, an attack occurred in the Baisaran Valley, located in the mountainous region of Kashmir in the western part of the Indian subcontinent, sparking a brief military conflict between New Delhi and Islamabad. India received support from Russia, while Pakistan was aided by the United States and China. Recent tensions in South Asia are part of a turbulent […]