In 2021, open-source intelligence efforts revealed a surprising discovery using commercial satellite imagery: China was building at least two silo fields for nuclear missiles. By 2022, a third field was identified. Intelligence experts even speculated that a field in Xinjiang was built with the intention of being found, given its proximity to an infamous “re-education” camp already under international scrutiny. […]

Bottom lines up front Executive summary China’s economic rise and its integration with Africa have catalyzed new infrastructure and industries across the continent. But this also now exposes African countries to negative ripple effects from changes in China’s domestic economy. As China’s investment- and manufacturing-centric economic model loses steam, African officials and policymakers will need to plan for growth and […]

Pakistan security forces killed 23 militants in two targeted operations near the Afghan frontier, the army said Thursday, a week after a suicide bombing killed 12 people in Islamabad. The militants belonged to the Pakistani Taliban or its affiliated groups, the military said in a statement, accusing archfoe India of backing them.

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 […]

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 […]