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• China Now Finds Itself in al-Qaeda’s Crosshairs
  February 20, 2026
  Could China replace the United States atop the target list of transnational jihadist groups like al-Qaeda? A recent statement released by Sheikh Saad bin Atef al Awlaqi, the emir of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula,
• Pakistan minister says trade with Afghanistan hinges on security guarantees
  February 20, 2026
  Pakistan’s commerce minister has said that national security would remain the country’s top priority in its trade ties with Afghanistan and diplomatic engagement with the Taliban. Jam Kamal Khan warned that
• South Asia Intelligence Review
  February 17, 2026
  Turning points After the elected Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was ousted from Bangladesh in August, 2024, the country sunk into chaos and turmoil for 18 months. Amidst rising disorders, the results of the 13th National
• China Dreams of Challenging US Dollar Supremacy
  February 17, 2026
  President Xi Jinping has set his sights on a “powerful” currency befitting China’s growing stature on the world stage, one that could challenge if not erode the U.S. dollar’s decades-long
• India’s Reportedly Planned Purchase Of Over 100 Rafales Might Have Partial Political Motives
  February 17, 2026
  It’s reasonable to speculate that this might be another tacit quo pro quo that India agreed to as part of its trade deal with the US alongside its earlier reported planned reduction of Russian oil. Local media
• Throwing Water on Turkey’s Warming Ties with China
  February 16, 2026
  Concerns about the Uyghur file, investment risks, and other issues are still constraining the relationship to a certain extent, but fortifying those restraints will require Washington to exert further leverage on
• Indian Seizure of Iranian “Shadow Fleet” Creates Opening for U.S.-Led Sanctions Enforcement Coalition
  February 16, 2026
  The Trump administration is reportedly considering whether to seize additional tankers carrying sanctioned Iranian oil. This comes on the heels of the Indian Coast Guard’s first-ever seizure of “shadow fleet”
• Al-Qaida Indian Subcontinent Leaders Based In Kabul, Says UN Report
  February 16, 2026
  Anew United Nations sanctions monitoring report says the Taliban are supporting the activities of militant groups, including al-Qaida, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan and the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, inside
• Taliban appoint sanctioned commander Mohammad Fazel as transport minister
  February 16, 2026
  Mohammad Fazel Mazloom, a former Taliban deputy defence minister who is under U.N. sanctions, has been appointed minister of transport and civil aviation in a cabinet reshuffle ordered by the Taliban’s supreme leader,
• The geopolitics of Balochistan’s hybrid insurgency
  February 16, 2026
  Recently, Pakistan was rocked by the Baloch Liberation Army’s “Herof Phase 2” offensive, a coordinated assault across nine districts that combined urban raids, rural guerrilla tactics, suicide missions, and