U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan has asked Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to use Beijing’s influence on Iran to push it to stop the Houthis in Yemen from attacking Red Sea trade routes. The appeal came during two days of meetings in Bangkok between the pair, according to a senior Biden administration official who spoke on condition of anonymity […]

On 15 January 2024, the Indian army chief said that militancy in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) was under control. Before that, the home minister indicated that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led government at the Centre had been successful in controlling terror in J&K. Both these statements are at best directed at boosting the morale of security force personnel and script […]

Maldives recorded no terrorism-linked fatality in 2023, as in the preceding five years. The abduction and killing of blogger Yameen Rasheed by a local affiliate of Al-Qaeda on April 23, 2017, was the last terrorism related killing in the country. There have, however, been at least nine terrorist attacks since the Rasheed killing, including three in 2019, four in 2020 […]

Data Cutoff: January 26, 2024, at 9 a.m. Key Takeaway: The US secretary of state met with key US partners in West Africa as Russia and Iran are bolstering their ties with authoritarian regimes in the region. Russia and Iran have capitalized on the rise of a bloc of anti-Western Sahelian juntas that overthrew Western partner states to advance their […]

Fasihuddin Fitrah, Afghan army chief of staff, called the recent remarks of his Pakistani counterpart, Asim Munir, over security as “insulting”, saying it suggests desperation of Pakistani government officials. Munir recently said that the life of a single Pakistani is more important than the entire Afghanistan. Enayatullah Khwarazmi, the spokesman of the Ministry of Defense, said on X on Saturday […]

Acting Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs Noorullah Noori while visiting the Torkham crossing said that Afghanistan does not have an “official border” with Pakistan. The ministry released a video where Noori said that Kabul and Islamabad have a “hypothetical line” and the border between these two countries is still not clear. “We have a hypothetical line with Pakistan, we […]

The Sino-Indian standoff since 2020 has had a lasting negative effect on not only their diplomatic relations but also the management of their 4,057 km Line of Actual Control (LAC). Speaking to the media on the eve of Army Day, which falls on 15 January, Indian Army chief Gen. Manoj Pande spoke of the situation being “stable but sensitive.” On […]

Pakistan faces multifaceted challenges, spanning an economic downturn, high unemployment and political turbulence. The major ingredients in Pakistan’s economic and social malaise are the Pakistan Democratic Movement coalition government’s election year policies, such as exchange rate caps and import controls, and delays in the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Extended Fund Facility program. Growth dipped sharply to -0.2 per cent in […]

The Pakistani Taliban have pledged not to attack election rallies, saying their targets are limited to the military and security forces, as political parties and independent candidates ramp up their campaigns ahead of the Feb. 8 vote ISLAMABAD — The Pakistani Taliban pledged Thursday not to attack election rallies, saying their targets are limited to the military and security forces, […]

Acting Minister of Mines and Petroleum Shahabuddin Delawar on Thursday met with Chinese, Russian and Afghan investors in his office in Kabul, the ministry said. According to the ministry, in this meeting various issues including investment opportunities in the country’s mineral resources sector were discussed. Quoting Delaware, the ministry said the Islamic Emirate welcomes all countries in the field of […]