The Trump administration’s imposition of sanctions on Russian oil companies Rosneft and Lukoil in October, intervention in Venezuela in January, and threats to take military action against Iran have focused attention on China, the top crude customer of all three countries. China relied on sanctioned crudes from Iran, Russia, and Venezuela for a significant share of its crude imports in […]

The 201 Khalid bin Walid Corps has reported that on Thursday night, Afghan forces killed eight Pakistani soldiers during operations along the Durand Line in Kunar province. Spokesperson Wahidullah Mohammadi stated that in Monawara district, three soldiers were killed by precision laser strikes, while another soldier was killed in Sarkani district by a gun. Two additional soldiers were killed in […]

Afghanistan’s Ministry of National Defense said on Friday 327 Pakistani soldiers have been killed and hundreds more wounded since the launch of the retaliatory “Radd-ul-Zulm” operation, an ongoing campaign that started a week ago in response to attacks by Pakistani military. In a statement, the ministry said Afghan forces conducted large-scale strikes over the past 24 hours against Pakistani military […]

While Jamaat has often participated in electoral politics, its long-term objective has remained unchanged: the establishment of a theocratic state under Islamic jurisprudence. Within hours of the news [of Iranian Supreme Guide Ayatollah Ali Khameni’s elimination]…. Jamaat-e-Islami…[s]enior leaders delivered speeches accusing the United States and Israel of “murder” and calling for mass mobilization. Even though organizationally separate, the Muslim Brotherhood […]

Le dilemme sécuritaire russo-polonais servira probablement d’impulsion pour libérer pleinement et gérer correctement les capacités de l’OTAN européenne dans son ensemble, conformément à la stratégie de défense nationale des États-Unis. Fin janvier, RT a attiré l’attention sur un rapport des Izvestia sur les prétendus projets occidentaux de créer une « Banque de défense, de sécurité et de résilience » (DSRB) […]

Iran’s leaders know they cannot win this war outright. Their strategy, as analysts have noted, is to drive up the costs for President Donald Trump — in casualties, energy prices, and inflation — and hope he declares victory and goes home. That will not work when it comes to energy. Tehran has disrupted critical oil and gas facilities in Qatar, […]

Pakistani forces fired “dozens” of artillery rounds into eastern Afghanistan overnight, Taliban local officials said on Wednesday, as cross-border fighting between the two sides entered its seventh day. In Kunar province, Pakistani border forces fired at least 101 artillery shells into several districts, according to Taliban officials. They said 82 rounds struck Sarkano district, 15 hit Dangam district and four […]

Pakistani airstrikes have targeted three Taliban military sites in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan, according to sources familiar with the attacks, as cross-border fighting between Pakistan and the Taliban entered its seventh day. Sources told Amu TV that the strikes hit the Taliban’s air brigade, the third battalion of the Taliban border police, and the 205 Al-Badr Corps, a major […]

Concluding his remarks, Nadwi called on Muslims to carefully assess the situation and to take what he described as a principled stand against injustice and external influence. Prominent Indian Islamic scholar Salman Nadwi has weighed in on the recent tensions and clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan, releasing a 13-minute video statement outlining his views on the unfolding political and military […]

At least 28 Taliban forces have been killed and 42 wounded since border clashes with Pakistan began on Feb. 26, the Taliban defense ministry spokesman said on Tuesday. Enayat Khwarazmi told a news conference that the figures covered the six days of fighting along the frontier. Pakistan has put the Taliban death toll at more than 350, a claim that […]