Category: South East Asia

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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Turkey deported 1,000 Afghan refugees in last week

The Turkish Immigration Department said Monday in a statement published on Monday that from September 2 to 8 this month, three thousand illegal refugees have been returned to their countries, of which more than 1,000 are Afghan refugees. “1,492 of these asylum seekers are citizens of Afghanistan. Also, 448 people are citizens of Pakistan and another 198,000 people are citizens […]

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Battered Chinese Economy: A Shot In Arm For India To Accelerate Stake In Global Supply Chain Market – Analysis

Numerous arguments were spun in Chinese media on India’s sparkling growth in the bounce back recovery, which is expected to excel China’s growth in 2022. Chinese ascendency in global supply chain prominence is in retreat and throws challenges to India and other Asian countries to find space in global workshop for supply chain. Nevertheless, as compared to other Asian nations, […]

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Is Imran Khan A New Trojan Horse For Pakistan? – OpEd

The Trojan Horse virus is kind of a malware that downloads onto a computer disguised as a legitimate program. The delivery method typically sees an attacker use social engineering to hide malicious code within legitimate software to try and gain user’s system access with their software. The same concept is applicable for some Individuals who portray themselves to be the […]

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Dysfunctional centralization and growing fragility under Taliban rule

One year ago, on Aug. 31, 2021, the last foreign soldier left Afghanistan. Since then, the situation in the country has only grown more fragile, marked by deteriorating living conditions, widespread human rights violations, and increasing political instability. One key contributing factor to the crisis is a dysfunctional centralized governance structure that has become more paralyzed and unresponsive under Taliban […]

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Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Greets Afghan Taliban On First Anniversary Of The Withdrawal Of U.S. Troops From Afghanistan: ‘The Mujahideen Of The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan Also Rendered Historical Sacrifices In This Blessed Freedom And Great Battle’

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (the Movement of Pakistani Taliban, TTP) has congratulated the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the ruling Taliban jihadi organization) on the first anniversary of the withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops from Afghanistan, saying it stood “shoulder to shoulder” with the Afghan Taliban in their fight against foreign forces. “By standing shoulder to shoulder with their Afghan brothers, […]

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