President Xi Jinping kicked off the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) National Congress, which charts its policy trajectory for the next five years and finalises its future leadership, with an address to the Party faithful for nearly 1 hour and 45 minutes. This year, the CCP’s leadership conclave comes amidst a major strain on the Chinese economy with important segments like […]

Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rahmon has again expressed concern over security threats posed by Afghanistan to the region and has called for a “security belt” to be built around the country. Addressing delegates attending an International and Regional Border Security and Management Cooperation to Counter Terrorism conference on Tuesday in Dushanbe, Rahmon said “the transfer of terrorist fighters from the war-torn […]

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, first deputy prime minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA), on Wednesday admitted that the government has not done any fundamental economic work that would satisfy people. Baradar said this at the 27th autumn exhibition of agricultural products in Badam Bagh area of Kabul. He said that the environment is conducive to investment in Afghanistan, […]

The Facts Search for Meanings People and nations once colonized by the European Empires remain colonized in thoughts, behavior and practices for ever. Pakistan is no exception in contemporary global affairs. Its systems of political governance, public institutions, legal systems and delivery of services if any to public are a replica of the British colonial systems. The concept of national […]

On October 2, 2022, Shamshad News, the popular Pashtu-language television channel in Afghanistan, published a report quoting Afghan political experts as saying that the U.S. and other Western countries are planning to bring former Afghan warlords back into power in Kabul to serve their interests. Currently, Afghanistan is ruled by the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, the Taliban jihadi organization which […]

Chinese President Xi Jinping, who has called for speeding up building a world-class military, kicked off the Communist Party Congress by focusing on security and reaffirming policy priorities. Roughly 2,300 delegates from around the country gathered for the event in the Chinese capital Beijing. Xi described the five years since the last party congress as “extremely uncommon and abnormal”, during […]

Deputy Foreign Minister Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai told Pakistan’s Charge d’Affaires to Afghanistan Asad Abbas on Thursday that Pakistani officials sometimes make statements about the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) that causes “regret”. At a meeting in Kabul, Stanikzai told Abbas that “both sides should pay serious attention to it,” a statement issued by the ministry said, adding that Abbas […]

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s (IEA) supreme leader, Mawlavi Hebatullah Akhundzada, says that all rules and regulations that were being implemented over the last two decades in the country will be reviewed by religious scholars. In a voice message published recently, the supreme leader of the IEA has emphasized that all regulations and rules that are in conflict with the […]

The Regional Anti-Terrorism Structure (RATS) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Friday decided on joint measures by member countries to counter threats posed by international terrorist groups operating from Afghanistan, an Indian official said. The decision was taken at a meeting of the council of RATS that was hosted by India in New Delhi. The meeting was attended by […]

The US State Department’s spokesman said that gaining legitimacy and global support will depend on the conduct of the new authorities, including that regarding rights of girls and women. The US State Department said there is consensus on this issue among all members of the international community. “As long as the Taliban (Islamic Emirate) repress the women and girls of […]