Pakistan has renewed its vow to combat and eradicate terrorism from the country by announcing Operation Azm-e-Istehkam on June 22, 2024 which has been declared a whole of nation approach which will contain both kinetic and non-kinetic measures. Country’s political and military leadership decided to deal with all factions of Taliban without any demarcation of “Good Taliban” and “Bad Taliban”. […]

Regional moves to expand power influence and friendshoring efforts have been intensifying, and reflected in the array of manoeuvrings amidst the volatile hard power and security tussles.RIMPAC The US Pacific Fleet started to host the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) starting early this month, the world’s largest international maritime exercise in Hawaii, which will last until August. Held every other […]

On June 12, Kim Jong Un, the North Korean leader, penned a special message for President Putin for Russia Day, characterising their bilateral relations as a ‘far-reaching strategic relationship’. This description of ties between Pyongyang and Moscow symbolised a new bonhomie between the two leaders and marked a paradigm shift in Northeast Asian geopolitics. The exchange was soon followed by […]

In mid-June this year, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited North Korea and signed the “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty” with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Putin emphasized the importance of this document as a foundation for further development in bilateral relations. He stressed that according to the treaty between Russia and North Korea, each party would provide assistance to the other […]

The security agreements between Ukraine and its partners contain important commitments for ensuring Ukraine’s long-term defense and deterrence capabilities. Still, there is significant room to make their design more credible and durable. In July 2023, on the margins of the NATO summit in Vilnius, the leaders of the G7 countries issued a joint declaration pledging to work with Ukraine on […]

Taliban security forces in Afghanistan claimed Sunday that they had killed a key Islamic State commander in an eastern province bordering Pakistan. An official Taliban media outlet reported that counter-terrorism forces in Nangarhar had raided a hideout of Islamic State Khorasan, also known as IS-K, an Afghan-based affiliate of the transnational extremist group. The Al-Mersaad outlet said that Sunday’s action […]

La Russie, actuellement aux prises avec des sanctions occidentales sans précédent, attend avec impatience l’arrivée de son allié de toujours, le Premier ministre indien Narendra Modi. Il s’agira de la première visite de Modi en Russie depuis 2019, année où il a participé au Forum économique oriental à Vladivostok. La tradition des sommets annuels entre l’Inde et la Russie a […]

Pakistan has legally authorized its army-run spy agency to tap telephone calls and messages, further strengthening its key role in the politics of a nation ruled by military regimes for almost half its independent history. The powerful military plays an oversized role in making and breaking governments in Pakistan, where the new powers for its Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency provoked […]

In an unprecedented departure from fundamental diplomatic courtesies, both Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and its Foreign Office [FO] failed to convey the customary congratulatory message to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the victory of his National Democratic Alliance [NDA] coalition party in the general elections after the poll results were officially announced.

On July 2, 2024, the Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime Unit (CTTC) of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested three operatives of Ansar-al-Islam/ Ansarullah Bangla Team (ABT), Mohammad Mamun Hossain, Abu Bakkar, and Hasibul Islam, in the Mohakhali Bus Terminal area of Dhaka, the capital city. On July 1, 2024, an Ansar al-Islam operative, Parvin Akhtar (24), who was secretly […]