This article examines the intensifying political violence, enforced disappearances, and structural repression in Balochistan through a literary-political lens. Drawing on Baloch oral tradition, collective memory, and recent patterns of militarisation, it argues that the crisis in Balochistan has entered a new phase marked by expanded coercion, gendered violence, propaganda campaigns, and economic paralysis. The essay situates these developments within a […]

Key Takeaways:U.S. Ambassador to India and Special Envoy Sergio Gor said in Kashmir that “Kashmir is an important part of India,” departing from the traditional U.S. description of the territory as disputed between India and Pakistan and prompting a formal protest from Islamabad.The visit and remarks appear driven largely by commercial interest—tourism, horticulture, and investment—as Kashmir’s tourist economy recovers from […]

Informed sources have provided Amu with new details about how Hasib Panjshiri, a National Resistance Front commander, was killed. According to the sources, Panjshiri was traveling with seven other NRF members in two Toyota Hilux vehicles from Panjshir toward Andarab in Baghlan province. Four people were traveling in each vehicle, and the group was heading to Andarab for a planned […]

On the fifth anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power, Afghanistan has become a “graveyard of human rights.” The guns have largely fallen silent, but a humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding—and the Western community, driven by geopolitical expediency, is complicit. Five years ago, on August 15, 2021, the world watched in horror as Taliban fighters entered Kabul unopposed. Those images are […]

Savourez l’ambiguïté. Et l’opacité délibérée. Nous embarquons pour une nouvelle aventure : examinons le RIC (Russie-Iran-Chine), ce nouveau «triangle de Primakov», comme je l’ai défini, d’un œil plus ludique. Ces trois États-civilisations, qui coordonnent la nouvelle phase de l’intégration eurasiatique et sont également membres à part entière des BRICS et de l’OCS, sont en réalité les Trois Mousquetaires. Comme l’a […]

Key TakeawaysDespite international non-recognition, frozen assets and aid suspension, the Taliban administration has made infrastructure the central pillar of its governance strategy, achieving measurable progress on projects such as the Qosh Tepa Canal (80% of Phase 2 complete), TAPI pipeline segments, CASA-1000, road maintenance and regional connectivity while generating performance legitimacy through visible deliverables.Financing relies on a domestic “autarky” model […]

Pakistan has been experiencing one of its deadliest years since 2013 for terrorism-related deaths, with the month of July alone accounting for over 600 deaths. The attacks primarily stem from the Tehrik-e-Taliban (TTP) and the ethnonationalist militant group, the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), both organizations with differing goals but overlapping areas of operation. The Pakistani military has blamed the increase […]

Fighting between Taliban forces and Juma Khan Fateh, a former Taliban official and their commander, entered a fourth consecutive day in Badakhshan’s Nusay district, local sources told Amu on Friday, as neighboring Tajikistan protested what it said was a deadly spillover of the clashes across its border. Local sources said the fighting continued intermittently in Nusay. Fateh, a former Taliban […]

Key TakeawaysPakistan’s Shehbaz Sharif government, installed through military-influenced 2024 elections, is showing clear signs of drift amid economic stagnation, political unpopularity, deteriorating security, and inability to address major challenges, despite full military backing that has reduced parliament, the judiciary, and bureaucracy to rubber stamps.Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi’s admission that the “system has collapsed,” coupled with military endorsement and speculation about […]

Le 5 août 2026, 10h38 heure de Pékin. Une fusée s’élève de la mer au large du Shandong. À son bord, deux satellites. Personne n’en parle. Ils s’appellent Oriental Smart Eye 01 et 02. Officiellement, ils servent à surveiller les cultures, l’environnement, les catastrophes naturelles. Officieusement, ce sont des yeux espions capables de voir à travers le camouflage, de détecter […]