“The dire predictions have not come to pass,” he said at a national security conference in Rockville, Maryland, NBC News reported. Warnings that Afghanistan would become a launching pad for terrorist attacks around the world after the withdrawal of U.S. troops turned out to be wrong, CIA Deputy Director David Cohen said Wednesday. “The dire predictions have not come to […]

Referring to Moscow’s invitations to the Islamic Emirate to participate in various meetings, the official claimed that Russia has almost recognized the Islamic Emirate. The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) plans to buy Russian-made equipment for air defense, a Defense Ministry official has said. Sayed Abdul Basir Saberi, director of logistics at the Ministry of Defense, said this in an […]

Acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum Hedayatullah Badri during his trip to Turkmenistan met separately with the country’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Deputy Cabinet, the Minister of Oil and Gas, the heads of TAPI, Industry and Urban Development and Railway Directorate. The ministry’s spokesperson Homayoun Afghan announced that Badri discussed with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan about […]

On August 22, 2024, the Delhi Police Special Cell uncovered a terrorist network linked to Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), arresting 11 suspects and detaining three others, in raids at 15 locations across three states, Jharkhand, Rajasthan, and Uttar Pradesh. Six suspects – Hasan Ansari, Enamul Ansari, Altaf Ansari, Arshad Khan, Umar Farooq, and Shahbaz Ansari – all residents […]

China’s relationships with Central Asian borrowers are hardly one-size-fits-all. Chinese financial players have adapted and used different models, demonstrating the country’s flexibility as a lender. Preface China Local/Global China has become a global power, but there is too little debate about how this has happened and what it means. Many argue that China exports its developmental model and imposes it […]

In August 2024, the arrival of a Chinese warship at Cambodia’s Ream Naval Base sparked significant geopolitical concerns in Southeast Asia. This event, taking place amidst escalating U.S.-China rivalry, represents a pivotal development in military cooperation between China and Cambodia. Although Chinese and Cambodian officials assert that their cooperation is transparent and solely focused on defensive purposes, the international community, […]

After the tragic helicopter crash on May 19, in which President Ebrahim Raisi and his associates lost their lives, and the subsequent period of mourning, Iran has begun to look toward the future. Despite the shocking loss of high-ranking state officials, the challenging geopolitical situation in the world requires competent and responsible Iranian leadership that cannot afford major mistakes. In […]

Corridors war has become the integral part of economic development and new alignments in international politics. States are busy in initiating new corridors for regional connectivity and boosting trade activities among them. Uzbekistan-Pakistan-Afghanistan (UAP) Railway link is a new addition to it. This would be a 760 KM route which will start from Termiz Uzbakistan and will pass via Mazar-e-Sharif […]

The best-case scenario is that Russian aid helps the Tatmadaw win enough gains on the ground for anti-government armed groups to agree to a comprehensive Chinese-mediated peace deal which culminates in fair political reforms that ultimately neutralize pernicious Western influence that risks “Balkanizing” the country. This month marks three years since the latest phase of Myanmar’s (formerly Burma’s) civil war […]

Here’s how everything unfolded from the start of this summer’s initially peaceful student-led protests against the judiciary’s reimposition of a contentious government job quota system to the spree of urban terrorism that ultimately forced the country’s long-serving leader to flee for her life to India. Casual news consumers don’t know much about Bangladesh apart from it being a South Asian […]