Amir Khan Muttaqi, acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) told delegates attending a conference in China on Thursday that the government is working to make sure the political structure in Afghanistan is inclusive. Addressing delegates attending the Foreign Ministers of Afghanistan’s Neighboring Countries Meeting in China, Muttaqi also said the cabinet has set up […]

Militants attacked Pakistan’s paramilitary security forces in the country’s northwest early on Wednesday, triggering a shootout in which at least six troops and three insurgents were killed, the military and police said. Spokesman Mohammad Khurasani of the Pakistani Taliban — also known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan or TTP, an outlawed militant group — claimed responsibility for the attack in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa […]

China has paused construction of an attack submarine earmarked for Thailand’s navy following Germany’s refusal to export the top-end engines the plans call for, a Thai naval official confirmed. The work stoppage could strain Thailand’s military relations with China, which has replaced the United States as Thailand’s biggest arms supplier. The Royal Thai Navy and China’s state-owned China Shipbuilding & […]

The Australian government has announced it will take in an additional 16,500 Afghan refugees. This is in addition to it’s official humanitarian program which stands at 13,750 places a year, Australia’s ABC reported Wednesday. Paul Power, the chief executive of the Refugee Council of Australia (RCOA), said: “It’s going to make an enormous difference to people who are seeking safety […]

A U.S. representative will be present at a meeting of foreign ministers of neighbouring countries of Afghanistan being held on Wednesday and Thursday in China, a spokesman for China’s foreign ministry, Wang Wenbin, said on Tuesday. Wang’s comments came at a regular briefing in Beijing. The meeting of foreign ministers will take place in Tunxi, in central China’s Anhui province, […]

Pakistan’s parliament Monday began a no-confidence vote process aimed at ousting Prime Minister Imran Khan for allegedly misruling the country. Opposition parties have jointly moved the no-confidence resolution in the legislative lower House of Parliament, known as the National Assembly. The 342-member house will begin a debate on the motion Thursday and a vote is expected to be held in […]

The Pakistani army said Saturday that security forces killed six Baluch militants during a raid at their hideout in the country’s volatile southwest. In a statement, the military said the raid was conducted in the Nagao mountains near the Sibbi district of Baluchistan. Militants opened fire triggering a shootout in which six of them were killed. One soldier was also […]

Reconfiguration of supply chains, fragmentation of payment networks, and changes in reserve currency holdings are some of the effects stemming from the Ukrainian conflict. The Russia-Ukraine conflict has added uncertainty to the Asian economy, which already has to battle a COVID-19 surge and brace for tighter financial conditions, said Changyong Rhee, the director of the Asia and Pacific Department at […]

Sri Lanka’s main opposition parties are withholding support for the amendments, saying they do not stop the arbitrary arrest of dissidents. The Parliament of Sri Lanka has amended controversial “anti-terror” legislation after a European Union threat to withdraw lucrative trading status, but opposition lawmakers said the changes would not stop abuses under the law. The EU last year warned that […]

For the first times in the last four decades, there is no conflict in Afghanistan, says the Pakistani prime minister. Addressing the inaugural session of the OIC Council of Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Islamabad, Imran Khan called the Afghans the longest-suffering people. In his keynote address on Tuesday, Khan said: “The only danger now is through sanctions and non-recognition, which […]