The Taliban have rejected claims that foreign militant groups are operating in Afghanistan, instead alleging that Islamic State fighters have established bases in neighbouring countries. Zabihullah Mujahid, the Taliban spokesperson, made the remarks in response to a meeting of the United Nations Security Council, where several countries voiced concern about militant activity in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan. Mujahid said Afghanistan is secure […]

China and Pakistan voiced strong concern at the United Nations Security Council over the presence and activities of militant groups in Afghanistan, urging the Taliban to take action. Asim Iftikhar Ahmad, Pakistan’s representative, said militants had gained a “new lease of life” under Taliban rule and were operating freely from Afghan territory. He said the groups were responsible for deadly […]

In February 2026, the US and India announced an interim trade deal aimed at reducing tariffs and enhancing economic relations. On February 7, 2026, the United States and India unveiled an interim trade framework aimed at reducing tariffs and enhancing bilateral economic ties. This agreement, announced amid President Donald Trump’s push for reciprocal trade and Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s emphasis […]

Abstract: The Baloch insurgency in Pakistan has intensified sharply since the beginning of 2025, marked by sophisticated attacks such as the Jaffar Express hijacking by Baloch Liberation Army-Jeeyand faction (BLA-J) on March 11, 2025, which resulted in the kidnapping of more than 400 passengers and death of at least 26 hostages. Groups such as BLA-J, Balochistan Liberation Front (BLF), and […]

Acier, circuits et stratégie. L’ascension de la Chine au rang de puissance mondiale s’est manifestée le plus visiblement par sa croissance économique et son développement technologique. Mais derrière le déploiement massif de ports, d’autoroutes et de la 5G se cache une autre force qui redessine discrètement les contours de la géopolitique : le complexe militaro-industriel. Bien plus qu’une simple base […]

Over the past three years, two U.K. companies with no prior record in the mining industry have won tens of millions of dollars in Uzbek state procurement contracts with a mining behemoth known as a “crown jewel” of Uzbekistan’s economy. One was owned, on paper, by a septuagenarian British bookkeeper with no evident ties to Central Asia. The other, by […]

Pakistani forces have killed at least 145 Baloch fighters after deadly militant attacks took the lives of dozens in Balochistan province. In a series of coordinated gun and bomb attacks, which began early on Saturday at multiple locations across southwestern Balochistan, the militants linked to the banned separatist Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) had killed 48 people — including 17 security […]

Pakistan’s chief minister of Balochistan said security forces killed 145 militants within 40 hours following coordinated attacks across the province. Sarfraz Bugti told a news conference in Quetta on Sunday that the bodies of those killed were in the custody of security agencies. Pakistani media described the figure as the highest number of militants killed in such a short period […]

Managed Stability Sri Lanka entered 2026 with a security environment that remained broadly stable but layered with unresolved structural vulnerabilities rooted in post-war reconciliation failures, persistent diaspora activism, narcotics trafficking, and evolving regional security dynamics. While the country continued to record an absence of terrorism-linked fatalities, sustaining its position among the lowest-risk nations globally, the year nonetheless underscored the paradox […]

In recent years, there has been growing concern that the United States and China might find themselves in a war over Taiwan. Such worries overlook an important fact: Washington and Beijing are already at war. But as David Shedd and Andrew Badger document in their new book, The Great Heist: China’s Epic Campaign to Steal America’s Secrets, only one side […]