Category: South East Asia

Anti-Taliban tribal leader among 5 killed in northwest Pakistan bombing

Five people were killed in a blast in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, including an influential anti-Taliban tribal leader, police said, in the fist major bombing in over a decade in an area that was once a battleground between security forces and militants. The attack comes as fears rise about the return of Pakistani Taliban, also known as the TTP, to […]

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IEA accuses Pakistan of firing on border security

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) said Wednesday that casualties were reported in clashes across the Durand Line on Tuesday after Pakistan opened fire. IEA spokesman Bilal Karimi said Pakistani forces had tried to build a post close to the Durand Line and when approached by IEA officials, Pakistan opened fire. “After that, mutual firing also took place, which may […]

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IEA rejects Pakistan’s claims that JeM leader hiding out in Afghanistan

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) said Wednesday there was no truth in Pakistan’s claims earlier in the day that Masood Azhar the leader of Pakistan’s Jaish-e-Mohammed group had taken refuge in Afghanistan. “We would like to point out that the Islamic Emirate does not allow any armed opposition of any country to operate in our own territory,” said Abdul […]

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US sets up fund that could transfer frozen assets to Afghanistan

Washington is to set up a new fund that could eventually serve as a mechanism to free up Afghanistan’s frozen assets in order to promote economic stability in the country, senior US officials told CNN. According to the officials, the Biden administration has worked with Switzerland and Afghan economists to set up this fund. The US is moving $3.5 billion […]

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Pakistan court extends Imran Khan’s bail on terrorism charges

A Pakistani court on Monday extended former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s pre-arrest bail for eight more days on terrorism charges relating to a speech in which he allegedly threatened police and judicial officers, his lawyer said. Khan, who appeared in court in person, was booked in the case by police in August. This is the fourth time he has secured […]

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UN Mission in Afghanistan Says Taliban Harassing Its Female Staff

The United Nations mission in Afghanistan says that there has been an “emerging pattern of harassment of Afghan UN female staff” by Taliban officials, which the UN refers to as the de facto authorities. “The UN in Afghanistan expresses its mounting concern about de facto authorities’ actions against Afghan female employees of the United Nations. The UN urges the de […]

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Is Afghanistan’s Long Civil War Really Over?

The Forces That Could Threaten the Taliban’s Control One year ago, the democratic government of Afghanistan collapsed. The humiliating evacuation of U.S. military forces and civilians as well as roughly 100,000 Afghans remains a sore spot for Washington and its allies. The Taliban regime has ruled the country ever since. Levels of violence throughout the country have been dramatically reduced—but […]

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India: Assam – Islamist Shadow

On August 31, 2022, Police arrested Amjad Ajmal Hussain, an Ansar al-Islam/Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT) suspect, in the Fatasil Ambari neighborhood of Guwahati in Kamrup (Metropolitan) District. On August 28, 2022, Police arrested two suspected ABT extremists, identified as Akbar Ali and Abul Kalam Azad, from a house in the Sorbhog area of Barpeta District. On August 26, 2022, Police […]

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To Maintain Friendly Ties With Bangladesh, Myanmar Military Must Stop Shelling At Border – OpEd

Myanmar’s Rakhine state, bordering Bangladesh and India, has been in conflict for two months, affecting neighboring countries as well. Especially the residents of Ghumdhum and Tambru border areas of Bandarban are in panic. On the other hand, many people of these states fled and took refuge in India. Ammunition of the Myanmar army is coming to our border. The villagers […]

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Uzbekistan makes formal announcement of leaders attending SCO summit

All the eight leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, (SCO) including the Indian Prime Minister will be attending the summit this week in person in Uzbekistan’s historical city of Samarkand. The press secretary of Uzbekistan’s President, Sherzod Asadov, said in a Facebook post that this will be the first in-person meeting of the SCO leaders since 2019 and will conclude […]

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