Daesh has claimed responsibility for the suicide attack that killed at least six civilians in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul on Monday, Reuters reported. The group published the details of a suicide bomber, on its Telegram account, saying that the attack was carried out by “Abdul Hameed Khorasani.” Monday’s attack was condemned by several national and international individuals and organizations, including the […]

Washington’s former special envoy for Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad said on Monday that if the Islamic Emirate’s claims of having killed three senior Daesh members was confirmed this would be a “significant blow to IS-K in Northern Afghanistan.” Khalizad tweeted that the IEA had committed in the Doha Agreement to fight Daesh and that the “removal of these ISIS leaders indicates […]

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) officials have once again called on the United Nations to remove the names of IEA members who are on the UN blacklist, and said the international community should engage with the group instead of putting pressure on it. The UN Security Council failed to reach an agreement to extend travel exemptions, allowing 13 Islamic Emirate […]

The General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) announced on Sunday that three “key members” of Daesh had been killed in an operation in Balkh province. According to the department, Mawlavi Ziauddin, a senior leader; Abu Omar Afridi, a member of the Khorasan branch council; and Ustad Salman Tajikstani, one of the officials of Daesh […]

At least six civilians were killed and several others, including three Islamic Emirate forces, were wounded in a suicide bombing near a security checkpoint in Malik Azghar Square in Kabul, a spokesman for the Kabul security department, Khalid Zadran said. The Emergency NGO hospital in Kabul meanwhile said on Twitter that it received 12 injured people, including a child from […]

Taiwan, also referred to as the Republic of China (ROC), which is an island situated across the Taiwan Strait from mainland China. Since 1949, it has been run separately from the rest of China as the People’s Republic of China (PRC). The nationalist government of the Republic of China (ROC), headed by the Kuomintang (KMT), seized power in Taiwan in […]

On March 22 Bhutan and Bangladesh inked a transit deal in Thimpu, the capital city of Bhutan to ease further bilateral trades between the two countries. It is good news for many reasons. Bhutan was the first country in the world that recognized Bangladesh as an independent and sovereign country following the Liberation War in 1971. Bhutan is one third […]

These days triumphalism and despair are the contrasting moods in New Delhi and Islamabad. There is no denying that India has acquired much global power and influence in recent decades. Today, India presents an optimistic vision of the future, a bankable, stable, and responsible player in the world order. The timing of India’s rise is just right. The western powers […]

The Indian armed forces are facing a disturbing trend of growing numbers of suicide deaths among its personnel. According to a report published in ‘The Times of India’, 1,100 Indian defence personnel died by suicide between 2010 and 2019, with the Army recording 895 suicides followed by 185 and 32 in the Indian Air Force (IAF) and Navy, respectively. These […]

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s visit to Saudi Arabia signals strategic intent of the country in banking on Riyadh’s renewed ambitious drive in modernisation and the resulting positive spin off effects. Both KL and Riyadh are in similar geopolitical and economic settings, with similar concerns and the need to reorient the economic fundamentals. Both are in a transitional period of […]