At least nine Pakistani soldiers have been killed and 20 more injured in a suicide attack that targeted a security convoy in northwestern Pakistan. The attack on August 31 was carried out by a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle, Pakistan’s Inter-Services Public Relations Agency (ISPR) said in a statement.

Two men who secretly invested in the massive conglomerate turn out to have close ties to its majority owners, the Adani family, raising questions about violations of Indian law. Key Findings Neither India’s stock market regulator nor a high-level expert committee has been able to prove what many suspect: that some foreign owners of publicly listed Adani Group stock are, […]

In July 2023, China and Pakistan celebrated 10 years of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), which comprises a range of infrastructure projects including roads, railways, bridges, ports, dry ports, to special economic zones (SEZs) that China is developing in Pakistan, and which was formalized on July 5, 2013. A recent editorial in an Urdu-language newspaper and an article from a […]

Russia’s war in Ukraine has reminded Western observers that a world exists outside the great powers and their core allies. This world, predominantly comprising countries in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, has resisted taking clear sides in the conflict. The war has thus shone a spotlight on the global South as a major factor in geopolitics. Indeed, Foreign Affairs recently […]

China stands as the world’s second-largest economy by nominal GDP and has held the position of the largest economy by purchasing power parity since 2016. With a significant contribution of approximately 19 percent to the global GDP, China’s economic health is not just pivotal for its prosperity but has far-reaching implications for the interconnected global economy. Of particular note is […]

The Ministry of Migration said more than 1,269 Afghan migrants returned home from Pakistan through Spin Boldak in Kandahar on Wednesday. According to officials in Spin Boldak, this included 116 prisoners who had been released from Karachi prisons. In total, 144 families returned voluntarily. After registering and presenting the necessary documents for processing, the returnees were referred to the offices […]

Interim Foreign Minister Jalil Abbas Jilani said on Wednesday that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) had arrested some suspects in connection with recent terror attacks in the neighboring country. Jilani said the IEA had informed authorities in Islamabad about the arrests. However he did not disclose any further details. The IEA has also not yet commented. Jilani shared this […]

Two years after the withdrawal of American and NATO forces from Afghanistan, the acting government’s spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid says the US has not fulfilled its obligations as per the Doha Agreement. Speaking in an interview with ArianaNews, on the occasion of the 2nd anniversary of the withdrawal of US and NATO troops, Mujahid said the US had promised to remove […]

With an increase in recent disputes, particularly between China and Taiwan, the Indo-Pacific region has emerged as a significant arena for geopolitical dynamics in international relations. In light of recent advancements, Taiwan is now engaged in the development of cruise missiles to bolster its deterrent and defensive capabilities against China. Taiwan perceives China as a plausible threat to its autonomy […]

Semiconductors comprise the battleground for US–China technology competition. On 7 October 2022, the Biden administration released a set of export controls to ensure the United States maintains ‘as large a lead as possible’ in this emerging technology race. The restrictions attempt to constrain Beijing’s emerging technology development in two ways. First, they limit China’s access to advanced semiconductors necessary for […]