China said on Tuesday Afghanistan’s Taliban government will need to introduce political reforms, improve security and mend relations with its neighbours before receiving full diplomatic recognition, Barrons reported Wednesday. Speaking to Barrons, China’s foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said: “China has always believed that Afghanistan should not be excluded from the international community. “We hope that Afghanistan will further respond […]

Thomas West, the US special representative for Afghanistan, announced on Tuesday that he has started his trip to Pakistan, UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia to discuss political, economic and humanitarian needs in Afghanistan. He will meet with key partners during this 10-day trip. West wrote on the X that he will talk to the relevant authorities about the settlement and […]

Abdul Salam Hanafi, the administrative deputy of the Prime Minister, said on Wednesday that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) wants good and positive relations with all countries, especially neighbors. Hanafi made the remarks at a seminar under the theme of “Advantages of Neutral Foreign Policy of Afghanistan” in Kabul. He maintained that the Islamic Emirate does not want to […]

Across the globe, refugees, always treated as the pox of public policy, continue to feature in news reports describing anguish, despair and persistent persecution. If they are not facing barbed wire barriers in Europe, they are being conveyed, where possible, to third countries to be processed in lengthy fashion. Policy makers fiddle and cook the legal record to justify such […]

His rhetoric should be interpreted as a hollow attempt to divert the Indian public’s attention from his country’s latest charges against one of its officials. American Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti declared on Wednesday while visiting a World War II museum in Arunachal Pradesh that “Today how can we not but step up to be a great friend to India, […]

Without realizing it, Sharma convincingly made the argument that modern-day America is as much of a rogue state as pre-9/11 Afghanistan was, which is a damning observation for everyone to dwell upon. Bloomberg’s Mihir Sharma published a piece on Monday about how “India’s Denials on Sikh Separatist Plots Are Sounding Hollow”. After strongly implying that there’s credence to Canada’s claim […]

What is special about China-Pakistan maritime exercises in the Northern Arabian Sea? Not much, one might plausibly argue. The two countries regularly perform naval drills in the Indian Ocean, with the Sea Guardian exercises now an annual feature. Normally, the exercises are held in waters close to Pakistan and rarely in ways that directly challenge Indian interests. Whatever the rhetoric […]

On November 25, 2023, Police arrested one active cadre of People’s Revolutionary Party of Kangleipak (PREPAK) on charges of extortion from Imphal West District. On November 22, 2023, two cadres of PREPAK-Progressive (PREPAK-Pro), Laisram Prem and Khumukcham Biren, were arrested in possession of arms and ammunition at Pishum road under the Singjamei Police station in Imphal West District. Two Light […]

Abstract: Two years into Taliban rule, what are the key choices and tradeoffs for U.S. counterterrorism strategy in Afghanistan and Pakistan? Policymakers face the dilemma that a critical subset of counterterrorism concerns related to Taliban-allied terrorist groups may not be addressed if the Taliban become stronger; however, the terrorism threat will likely increase under a weaker Taliban regime. Concessions to […]

Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has once again called for the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan. According to IRNA news agency, Nasser Kanani, the spokesman of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, said in a press conference on Monday: “Regardless of the developments related to the meetings and the level of Iran’s presence, we have a basic principle, we seek […]