The Alabuga Special Economic Zone (ASEZ) is a cornerstone of the Adversary Entente’s resistance against the US-led international coalition and is emblematic of the symbiotic relationship between its members. What started as a bilateral Russo-Iranian drone production effort in 2022 has expanded into a four-way center of technological and innovative exchange between Russia, Iran, the People’s Republic of China (PRC), […]

For the past eight years, Russia and its fellow U.N. Security Council members have maintained economic sanctions on North Korea over its nuclear testing, including severe restrictions on selling crude oil and refined petroleum exports to the isolated dictatorship. The 2017 sanctions limit total exports of oil products to North Korea to 500,000 barrels per country per year. But an […]

Pakistani security forces killed at least 23 militants during raids on two hideouts in the country’s northwest near the border with Afghanistan, the military said Thursday, amid heightened tensions between Islamabad and the Taliban. The operations took place on Wednesday in the Kurram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and triggered intense gunfights, according to a statement from Pakistan’s military. No […]

Red Fort Blast: A Singular Shock On November 10, 2025, at least 10 civilians were killed and another 32 injured when a slow-moving car exploded near the iconic Red Fort in Delhi at around 6:52 pm [IST]. Two days later, on November 12, the Government officially termed the suicide blast a “terror attack”. In a press release, the Government stated, […]

The Taliban’s Commission for Refugees said on Monday that more than 7,700 Afghan migrants were deported from Pakistan the previous day, as Islamabad continues a sweeping crackdown on undocumented foreigners. An additional 246 individuals were expelled from Iran on the same day, the commission said. The deportees entered the country through the Torkham and Spin Boldak border crossings in the […]

Iranian authorities have claimed that the number of Afghan migrants leaving Tehran voluntarily has surged by nearly 70 percent compared to last year, amid an ongoing campaign to expel immigrants lacking legal status. Vahid Gholi-Kani, director general for foreign nationals and immigrants in Tehran, said that more than 470,000 undocumented Afghans have reportedly come forward to return to Afghanistan so […]

More than four years after the Taliban reclaimed power in Afghanistan, a detailed examination of their cabinet composition by Amu reveals a deep concentration of power in the hands of leaders from the southern province of Kandahar. The investigation by Amu TV shows that out of 25 cabinet ministers appointed by the Taliban, seven are from Kandahar. While that figure […]

The two-day meeting comes at a time when Afghanistan’s stability — or lack thereof — continues to shape the wider region’s security landscape, trade connectivity and long-term development prospects. The 7th Consultative Summit of Central Asian Leaders opened Saturday in Tashkent, where heads of six regional countries gathered to assess the evolving situation in Afghanistan and to chart a coordinated […]

The Pakistani Taliban claimed a suicide bombing that killed at least 12 people in Islamabad on Tuesday, a rare attack by the militant group on the country’s capital. The first such attack to hit the city in years sent people fleeing in panic, leaving shattered glass and charred vehicles on the road outside district court buildings. “Judges, lawyers and officials […]

Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has dismissed Pakistan’s proposals in recent negotiations as unrealistic, saying Islamabad asked the Taliban to relocate Pakistani Taliban (TTP) fighters to Afghanistan. He added that the Pakistani side also asked that Taliban guarantee security inside Pakistan. He said Afghanistan would not “import” Pakistan’s militant problem, describing TTP-related violence as an issue rooted in Pakistan’s […]