Actions speak louder than words. But right now, words are all that China can afford to offer the regime in Iran. On March 1, the Chinese Foreign Ministry condemned the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei while urging an immediate cessation of hostilities. Beijing has long supported Iran with chemical precursors for propellants used in the regime’s ballistic […]

The assassination of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint strikes carried out by the United States (US) and Israel triggered widespread unrest across Pakistan on March 1, 2026. The protests exposed the country’s fragile internal security environment and the complexity of its diplomatic balancing between competing regional and global actors. Protests erupted in several major cities including Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, […]

La présence militaire chinoise s’intensifie en Afrique avec les exercices navals BRICS menés par l’APL Les efforts continus de la Chine pour intégrer les gouvernements africains dans ses architectures de sécurité mondiales risquent de compromettre la préférence de longue date de l’Afrique pour éviter d’être entraînée dans des camps géopolitiques rivaux. L’exercice « Will for Peace » (Volonté de paix) […]

Taliban and Pakistani border guards clashed again on Sunday at the Torkham border crossing in Nangarhar province, eastern Afghanistan, local sources said, as tensions between the two sides showed little sign of easing. The sources told Amu TV that fighting broke out in the area of the busy frontier crossing, a key trade route between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Details about […]

Explosions and gunfire were reported in several parts of Kabul on Sunday, including Darul Aman, areas near the airport and Karte Naw, according to local sources. Residents said they heard repeated blasts and sustained shooting, though the cause was not immediately clear. The Taliban’s Defense Ministry said in a statement that anti-aircraft fire had been directed at Pakistani aircraft over […]

Toplines The People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) may be preparing to launch its first Type 09V guided missile nuclear submarine (SSGN). The Type 09V is an improvement to PLAN undersea capabilities and could enhance the PLAN’s ability to deter the movement of a US surface fleet in the western Pacific during a Taiwan contingency. UK defense magazine Janes reported that […]

L’objectif est d’obtenir un contrôle indirect sur les immenses réserves de pétrole et de gaz iraniennes afin de les utiliser comme moyen de pression sur la Chine et de la contraindre à un accord commercial déséquilibré. Cet accord permettrait de freiner son ascension au rang de superpuissance et, par conséquent, de rétablir l’unipolarité menée par les États-Unis. Trump a affirmé […]

Russia envisages Afghanistan serving as the irreplaceable transit state for pioneering another North-South Transport Corridor, albeit this time between itself and Pakistan, but this master plan will remain unfulfilled as long as those two’s grievances against one another aren’t adequately addressed. The latest clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan, which are the most serious in decades, have prompted a flurry of […]

Wave of strikes comes after Taliban forces attack Pakistani border troops following earlier action from Islamabad Pakistan has bombed major cities in Afghanistan including the capital, Kabul, with Islamabad’s defence minister declaring that the hostile neighbours were in a state of “open war” as a cycle of retaliatory attacks escalated further. Witnesses in Kabul and Kandahar, the southern Afghan city, […]

Foreign Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Amir Khan Muttaqi, held separate phone calls with senior officials from Qatar and Saudi Arabia, focusing on the recent escalation between Afghanistan and Pakistan. In his call with Qatar’s Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Mohammed bin Abdulaziz Al-Khulaifi, Muttaqi said Afghanistan’s recent security actions were aimed at protecting sovereignty and territorial […]