The People’s Liberation Army (PLA), on the night that US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan for her provocative visit that violates the US promise of opposing “Taiwan independence” secessionism, launched massive military drills around the island of Taiwan, including a long-range live fire drill in the Taiwan Straits and a live fire conventional missile drill to the east […]

The times of India reports that India has grounded its remaining fleet of Russian-made MiG-21s after another fatal crash that claimed the lives of two pilots on a training mission. Last week in the Barmer district of Rajasthan, Wing Commander M Rana and Flight Lieutenant Advitiya Bal were killed when their MiG-21 Type 69 trainer crashed during a night training […]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., landed in Taiwan late Tuesday evening local time, a high-profile visit that has magnified tensions between the U.S. and China and drawn a display of military aggression from China. Minutes after Pelosi landed, China’s Eastern Theater Command announced live fire military exercises would begin as soon as Tuesday in six zones that encircle Taiwan.

On July 28, 2022, Security Forces (SFs) killed two Hafiz Gul Bahadur (HGB) militants in the Manzer Khel area of the North Waziristan District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province. The Hafiz Gul Bahadur faction is a breakaway of the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. On July 23, 2022, three HGB militants were killed in the North Waziristan District.

The Islamic Republic and the Taliban have formed a committee to address violence on the border. Border clashes are continuing on Iran’s border with Afghanistan, prompting the two countries to formally meet on the issue. Iran’s Deputy Interior Minister Seyyed Majid Mir-Ahmadi said yesterday that border guards for the Taliban government in Afghanistan shot at Iranian border guards late last […]

National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told reporters Monday that the U.S. does not “support Taiwan independence,” amid heightened threats from China about Nancy Pelosi’s reported trip to the island. “Nothing has changed about our ‘One China Policy,’” Kirby said. “We have repeatedly said that we oppose any unilateral changes to the status quo from either side. We have said […]

The interior ministry has confirmed that a rocket hit a residential house in Sherpur, close to Kabul city center, at about 6am Sunday. The Interior Ministry’s spokesman Abdul Nafi Takour confirmed the incident but said no casualties had been reported. “It was a rocket attack this morning on a residential house in Sherpur area of Kabul city; fortunately, it did […]

The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has confirmed that one of its soldiers was killed and another one wounded on Sunday when Iranian border forces opened fire along the border fence in Nimroz province. The Nimroz department of Information and Culture said in a statement the incident occurred when the Iranian border forces fired at an IEA border patrol before […]

A 17-member delegation of tribal elders arrived in Kabul on Saturday to resume peace talks with the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). This comes after a team of senior religious scholars returned to Pakistan this week after negotiations in Afghanistan with the TTP leadership, Dawn News reported. The eight-member ulema delegation was led by Mufti Taqi Usmani. Dawn News reported a source […]

Former president Hamid Karzai’s chief of staff Abdul Karim Khurram’s tweet on Pakistan’s intention regarding the imposition of a new Wakhan Corridor policy has triggered a heated debate. On July 22, Khurram wrote on his Twitter handle that Pakistan had renewed its demand for the construction of a transit road via Wakhan for trade with Tajikistan. Some sources urged the […]