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 […]

On October 30, 2025, Anas Haqqani, one of the key influential Afghan Taliban leaders and brother of Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, told a journalist that there are no “Haqqani” or “Kandahari” factions within the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, nor are there any internal disputes between Taliban officials on this matter.[1] Anas Haqqani, who was brought from prison to Qatar to […]

Dawood Ibrahim – The endless chase On October 25, the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) arrested Danish Merchant aka Danish Chikna, a close associate of Dawood Ibrahim, along with his wife, Henna Shah, from a resort in Anjuna in the North Goa District of Goa. On October 19, NCB arrested Zohaib Shaikh, an operative of Danish Merchant and a close associate […]

Apart from self-evident economic and humanitarian motives, they’re also incentivized to help Afghanistan with this amidst its tensions with Pakistan as an indirect response to Pakistan helping the US return to South-Central Asia. Afghanistan’s Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs announced that their country will diversify trade from Pakistan due to continued tensions. He added that Pakistan has a history […]

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Pakistani authorities said Friday they had arrested four suspected militants allegedly involved in a deadly suicide bombing outside a district court in Islamabad earlier this week, a rare attack in the capital that killed 12 people and wounded 28 others. The suspects are believed to be members of Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan, or TTP. In a statement posted on social media, the […]

The rare explosions in the country’s capitals have not been directly linked, but there are fears the governments will blame each other after their previous military conflict alarmed the world. The bombings in the capital cities of India and Pakistan were just a day apart and nearly identical in damage and impact — about a dozen people killed in each […]

The closure of the Durand Line crossings has led to an estimated loss of $200 million within just 24 days, disrupting not only bilateral trade but also Pakistan’s commercial links with Central Asian states. Officials report that the blockade has cost millions of dollars in daily losses since it began in mid-October. According to an official source, the crossings were […]