At least seven people have been killed and 15 others wounded after a suicide blast went off at a mosque in northern Baghlan province on Friday, police said. The suicide attack at Imam Zaman mosque in provincial capital Pul-i-Khumri took place during the Friday prayers, the provincial police said in a statement. The statement added that security forces visited the […]

The pictures from Afghanistan in August 2021 are indelible: As the Taliban swept through the countryside and stormed Kabul, reclaiming the country from Western-funded elites, the U.S. presence in the country evaporated overnight, and thousands of Afghans tried in desperation to escape the country on the last few U.S. aircraft to leave. Approximately 76,000 escaped in the cargo holds of […]

Afghans are the most unfortunate ones on the planet that they have in trouble in their homeland and with neighbours, soon after they emerged as a nation in 1747 due to their geography and geo-strategic importance well described by great poet Alama Iqbal, “the heart of Asia and Lord Curzon a British statesman, foreign secretary and viceroy in United India, […]

Azerbaijan’s late September military operation to retake the ethnic Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh, the self-styled “Republic of Artsakh,” caused most of the residents to flee to Armenia and the government of breakaway region to announce it will dissolve by 1 January 2024. The likely end of conflict between Azerbaijan and Armenia may unlock opportunities for more trade in the region. […]

Instead of remaining neutral, he let slip that he considers the issue to be one of “alleged transnational repression”, thus resulting in one of the world’s most powerful diplomats lending credence to claims that the deceased was an activist and not a terrorist. Everything is therefore moving towards more open and partisan US involvement in the Indian-Canadian dispute, the implications […]

This is not the first time that Sri Lanka has criticised Canada. Its objections have revolved around the Canadian government’s policy on the Sri Lankan civil war. How has this been linked to the stand-off with India? Amid the ongoing stand-off between the governments of India and Canada, over the killing of pro-Khalistan separatist leader Hardeep Singh Nijjar, two top […]

Among Afghanistan’s neighbors, Pakistan’s longstanding and deep relationship with the Taliban was unique. But as terrorism spirals out of control and refugees spill into bordering states, Islamabad has lost its line to Kabul. When Kabul fell to the Taliban in August 2021, neighboring Islamabad found itself in a unique position. One of the Pakistani generals, believed to have played a […]

Pakistan’s military-backed political establishment is at odds with a population that largely desires democratically elected civilian rule. The country’s ever-present terrorist threat is likely to intensify in the run-up to national elections, which were postponed to January 2024. The difficulties facing Pakistan’s leaders could both aggravate and be aggravated by regional and geopolitical dynamics, particularly those concerning India, China, and […]

Indonesia’s state-owned defense holdings company on Wednesday denied allegations by human rights activists that its units had sold weapons to Myanmar’s military in violation of bans on arms supplies to the junta-ruled country. DEFEND ID said its firearms subsidiary, PT Pindad, had exported only sports ammunition products to Myanmar in 2016 for a regional shooting contest. It also said that […]

In India, Mahatma Gandhi and Narendra Modi represent different eras and ideas. Mahatma Gandhi’s peaceful opposition to British colonial tyranny shaped world history. In contrast, Narendra Modi, the Indian Prime Minister, has drawn attention and divided minds owing to his disputed policies and the seeming rise in violence. It’s crucial to compare Gandhi’s nonviolent approach to Modi’s India and reflect […]