The Baisaran meadow in Pahalgam is 200 odd kms from the LoC, inside the Kashmir Valley. It is not a border town that someone can sneak into the area at will, kill civilians and go back unscathed. The CRPF and Army camp is barely 5-7 kms away from Baisaran. It defies logic that in one of the most militarized zones […]

Israel’s military campaign against Iran has exposed the chasm between China’s great power rhetoric and its ability to meaningfully shape events in the Middle East. To be sure, Beijing backs Tehran as its biggest buyer of sanctioned crude oil, and both describe their relationship as a “comprehensive strategic partnership.” Yet Beijing has so far confined its response to condemnatory statements […]

Un contexte explosif Depuis plusieurs années, le climat international est marqué par une montée des tensions, des sanctions économiques et des démonstrations de force. Les grandes puissances s’affrontent par médias interposés, et chaque décision semble précipiter le monde vers une nouvelle ère de confrontation. La Chine et la Russie, longtemps cibles de pressions et de critiques, ont décidé de ne […]

La Chine pourrait-elle devenir une puissance mondiale en matière de politique énergétique grâce aux centrales à thorium qui sont actuellement en construction ? Le vent et le soleil sont dépassés ; à la place, la République populaire travaille à une fourniture d’énergie stable, abordable et durable pour l’avenir. Et l’Occident ? Il reste simplement spectateur. Alors que l’Europe lutte dans […]

As the deportation of migrants from Iran and Pakistan continues, more than 2,200 families returned to Afghanistan over the past four days, according to data compiled by Amu from Taliban-run media outlet, BNA. The data, which includes returns from June 13 to 16, indicates that 1,994 families were expelled from Iran, while 238 families were deported or returned voluntarily from […]

Marking World Refugee Day, the European Union renewed its commitment to supporting millions of displaced Afghans across Afghanistan and neighboring countries, including Iran, Pakistan and parts of Central Asia. In a statement posted Friday, the EU mission in Afghanistan said it was providing aid to refugees, returnees and internally displaced people (IDPs), with a focus on protection, education and sustainable […]

Taliban counternarcotics units have withdrawn from the Khash district of Badakhshan Province following two days of local protests against the destruction of poppy fields, according to residents and local sources. Sources told Amu TV that the demonstrations erupted after Taliban forces began eradicating poppy crops in the remote district, prompting pushback from farmers who rely on the cultivation of opium […]

Maoists: Banking on Explosives On June 14, an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), Satwan Singh (34), of the Jharkhand-based 134 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) battalion was killed in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast along the Odisha-Jharkhand border during a joint combing operation against the Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) in the Banko Forest under K. Balang Police Station limits of […]

A dramatic shortfall in international funding has left nearly 23 million Afghans — nearly half the country’s population — in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, OCHA, said on Wednesday, warning that hard-won humanitarian progress is now at risk of unraveling. According to OCHA, an estimated 22.9 million people — including 5.7 […]