An explosive-laden car rammed into a Pakistani military convoy on Saturday in a town in North Waziristan district, killing at least 13 soldiers, Reuters reported citing sources. Four Pakistani intelligence officials and a senior local administrator told Reuters that the convoy was attacked in Mir Ali area of North Waziristan district. Around 10 other soldiers were wounded, some critically, and […]

Yuri Kokov, Deputy Secretary of Russia’s Security Council, says Moscow is deeply concerned about the plans of supporters of Daesh in Afghanistan to export terrorism to Central Asian countries and Russia. In an interview with the Russian newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta, Kokov emphasized that despite the cessation of large-scale military operations, “instability that threatens neighboring countries” still persists in Afghanistan. “There […]

The United Nations warned on Thursday that with over one million Afghan refugees returning from neighboring countries, Afghanistan is facing a humanitarian crisis and the world must take immediate action. In a report published on Thursday, the UN stated that in the past six months, more than 605,000 Afghans have returned from Iran, and over 282,000 others from Pakistan. Among […]

First Deputy Governor of Da Afghanistan Bank, Sediqullah Khalid, on Saturday met with Jeffrey Grieco, President of the Afghanistan-US Chamber of Commerce, and discussed strengthening the private sector, increasing trade, expanding mutual banking relations, and fostering joint cooperation, DAB said in a statement. During the meeting, DAB quoted Grieco, who stated that over the past three years, he has witnessed […]

Iran’s diplomatic mission in Kabul has called for strengthened border services and infrastructure to support Afghan migrants amid mass deportations and growing pressure on transit routes. According to an official statement released Saturday, Hassan Bigdeli, the head of Iran’s diplomatic mission in Kabul, and Seyed Ali Marhamati, Iran’s consul general in Herat, met with senior officials in Iran’s Khorasan Razavi […]

This episode explores the recent Eid remarks by Taliban leaders, focusing on growing concerns about internal rifts within the group and Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada’s apparent fear over the potential collapse of the Taliban rule. The discussion features insights from Sayed Baqir Mohseni, a university professor and political analyst, and Toryalai Hemat, a political affairs expert.

The United Nations Refugee Agency said it is witnessing a sharp surge in Afghan returns from Iran under increasingly difficult conditions, warning that the massive scale of returns risks further destabilizing an already fragile Afghanistan. Since March 20, when the Iranian government implemented a return deadline, more than 640,000 Afghans have returned across the border — 366,000 of them deported, […]

Data Cutoff: June 25, 2025 The China–Taiwan Weekly Update is a joint product from the Institute for the Study of War and the American Enterprise Institute. The update supports the ISW–AEI Coalition Defense of Taiwan project, which assesses Chinese campaigns against Taiwan, examines alternative strategies for the United States and its allies to deter the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) aggression, […]

Japan will begin building bomb shelters next year on its remote islands closest to Taiwan amid fears that its far western territory could become a legitimate target for Chinese missiles if China and the United States go to war. The plans point to a possible scenario in which Beijing orders preemptive strikes against major U.S. and allied bases in the […]