Category: South East Asia

District police chief killed in Kunar roadside bombing

An Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) Ranger vehicle was targeted in a roadside explosion on Thursday in Asadabad, the capital of eastern Kunar province. The incident happened at about 11am and the target was the IEA’s Shigal district police chief, local officials said. The Shigal police chief was killed and 11 others were injured in the blast, security sources said. […]

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Chinese FM makes four-point proposal to tackle Afghan issues

The Group of 20 (G20) should leverage its characteristics and strengths to contribute to the peace, stability and prosperity of Afghanistan and the region, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s special representative Wang Yi, also Chinese state councilor and foreign minister, said on Tuesday. Wang made a four-point proposal on tackling issues including the humanitarian crisis and terrorism in Afghanistan while attending […]

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Suspected Militants Kill Five Soldiers in Indian Kashmir: Army

Militants shot dead five soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir on Monday, the army said, stoking tensions in the restive territory following a string of civilian murders. Separately two suspected rebels were shot dead in different incidents, authorities said. Colonel Devendar Anand told AFP that one officer and four soldiers “were killed during a search operation probably by infiltrators” in a mountain […]

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Afghanistan Tackles the Islamic State

On October 8, a terrible blast struck the worshippers attending Friday noon prayers at the Gozar-e-Sayed Abad Mosque in the Khan Abad district of Bandar, the capital of Kunduz, one of Afghanistan’s largest cities in its northern belt. This is a mosque frequented by Shia Muslims, who were referred to as “our compatriots” by Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid. Forty-six people […]

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EXPLAINER: Can the Taliban suppress the potent IS threat?

With the Taliban in power in Afghanistan, there’s a new enemy ascending. The Islamic State group threatens to usher in another violent phase. Except this time the former insurgents, the Taliban, play the role of the state, now that the U.S. troops and their allied Afghan government are gone. The Taliban promised the United States to keep the extremist group […]

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The Taliban shock to the European Union and the Idea of Strategic Autonomy

The September 11 of 2001 was the beginning of wide developments which were aimed at countering terrorism and religious extremism by the US and its allies. The EU, as an important international player and in line with its normative policies and procedures, played a role in this country, while the Afghanistan conflict has become a complicated puzzle for many countries […]

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Reisu-l-ulemu posjetio ambasador Sattler

Šef Delegacije Evropske unije (EU) i Specijalni predstavnik EU u Bosni i Hercegovini ambasador Johann Sattler danas je posjetio reisu-l-ulemu Islamske zajednice u Bosni i Hercegovini Husein-ef. Kavazovića. U prijateljskom razgovoru dvojica sagovornika su razmijenili mišljenja o aktuelnoj političkoj i društvenoj situaciji u Bosni i Hercegovini i regiji Zapadnog Balkana.

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Iran, Russia Discuss Regional Issues, Promotion Of Ties

The foreign ministers of Iran and Russia announced at a joint press conference that they have talked about the enhancement of Tehran-Moscow relations, preparations for a presidential meeting, and the regional developments as in Afghanistan and the Caucasus. Speaking at a press conference with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, held in Moscow on Wednesday, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said […]

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India’s Foreign Policy And US Strategic Directions Post-Afghanistan Talibanization 2.0 – Analysis

The United States and India conjoined with a Comprehensive Global Strategic Partnership and QUAD Security Dialogue stand challenged in 2021 in wake of Afghanistan Talibanisation 2.0 by a militaristic & expansionist Communist China as a ‘Revisionist State’ in collusive virtual military alliance with a ‘Disruptionist Nuclearized Pakistan’ acting as ‘Force Multiplier’ for China’s strategic blueprint. United States and India’s strategic […]

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IEA says four Daesh members arrested in Paghman

Zabihullah Mujahid, an Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) spokesman and deputy minister of information and culture, said an operation was carried out by IEA forces on a Daesh (ISIS-K) hideout in Paghman district of Kabul on Tuesday night. According to Mujahid, four members of the group were arrested in the operation, which was carried out by special units of the […]

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