Category: South East Asia

India: Terror Interrupted In Jharkhand – Analysis

On August 19, 2023, Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) cadres killed a 65-year-old man by slitting his throat, and dumped his body near Gitilipi village under the Goilkera Police Station area in West Singhbhum District, Jharkhand. A couple of leaflets were found beside the body that stated that the man was killed as he was a ‘police informer’. Also, the […]

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Pakistan: Targeting The Chinese – Analysis

On August 13, 2023, two terrorists were killed by Security Forces (SFs) after they attacked a convoy of vehicles belonging to Chinese engineers and SFs near Faqir Colony Bridge in Gwadar city (Gwadar District), Balochistan. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) disclosed that the terrorists carried out the attack using small arms and hand grenades but “due to the efficient and […]

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US-Japan-South Korea Trilateral Summit In Camp David: Evolving Geopolitics In Asia Pacific Region – Analysis

With the evolving geopolitical dynamics in Asia, the US, Japan, and South Korea, known as democratic allies, are trying to show a united front against the threats posed by North Korea and China in the Asia-Pacific region. With this aim, Joe Biden, Fumio Kishida, and Yoon Suk Yeol met in Camp David to strengthen their trilateral cooperation and partnership on […]

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Justice Ministry to license more defense lawyers

Justice Ministry officials announced Monday that the leadership of the Islamic Emirate has approved a plan to increase the number of defense lawyers in the country. Deputy minister of justice stated this in a ceremony to conduct tests for 723 defense attorney applicants. “We have delegations to assess the attorneys’ offices, and the leadership of the Islamic Emirate has approved […]

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Haqqani says TTP is an internal issue for Pakistan to solve

The Acting Minister of Interior Affairs says that if Pakistan solves the issue of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) by force, it will harm both countries. Sirajuddin Haqqani said during a trip to Uruzgan province that the Islamic Emirate is in favor of solving the problem of TTP through dialogue. “Pakistan has no real problem with Afghanistan. Their problems are internal and […]

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Pakistani opposition party leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi detained

Pakistani opposition leader Shah Mehmood Qureshi was detained on Saturday, his Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party said, just hours after he said it would challenge any delay to the country’s election in the courts. Party spokesman Zulfi Bukhari told Reuters the specific reason for the detention of Qureshi, twice Pakistan’s foreign minister, was not immediately clear. The caretaker information minister did not […]

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Four kidnappers killed in Kabul’s Paghman district: MoI

The Ministry of Interior has confirmed four kidnappers were killed during an operation in Paghman district of Kabul province on Saturday night. The ministry said in a statement that the operation by special units was launched at 9:45 p.m. on Saturday in Pusht Badam area of Paghman district. According to the statement, the kidnappers had abducted a citizen named Mohammad […]

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UN says 30 humanitarian workers killed in Afghanistan in last 2 years

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said on Saturday that at least 30 humanitarian aid workers were killed in Afghanistan in the last two years. In a video message on the occasion of World Humanitarian Day, OCHA’s humanitarian coordinator for Afghanistan, Daniel Endres, said that many of the humanitarian workers killed were polio vaccinators and deminers. […]

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Afghan govt has ability to respond to any type of aggression: army chief

The Islamic Emirate’s Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces of Afghanistan on Sunday warned that the government has the ability to respond to any type of aggression, following Pakistani authorities threatening to carry out military operations in Afghanistan. Speaking at the government’s accountability program, Fasihuddin Fitrah said that Pakistan should stop accusing Afghanistan, but address the problem of insecurity […]

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IEA has more than 400,000 security forces: deputy PM

Abdulsalam Hanafi, the administrative deputy prime minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, on Saturday, claimed that the IEA has more than 400,000 security force members between the ministries of defense and interior and the intelligence agency. Hanafi revealed this during a ceremony to celebrate the 104th anniversary of Afghanistan’s independence from Britain. He emphasized that the Islamic Emirate wants […]

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