The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) has condemned the bombing in Kabul city during a khanaqah which resulted in dozens of casualties on Friday afternoon. Official reports have put the death toll at 10 with 30 wounded but eyewitnesses said dozens more were killed and wounded. Zabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the IEA, condemned the explosion and said in a […]

Kabul police confirmed Friday night that at least 10 people were killed and 30 wounded in an explosion at a mosque in PD6 in Kabul city late afternoon. According to officials, the explosion happened in a Khanqah adjacent to a mosque in the Alauddin area of PD6. Khalid Zadran, Kabul police spokesman, said security agencies are investigating the incident. He […]

The serial blasts, the revival of Islamic radicalism and the Pak-Taliban military standoff will affect Indian interests When the ruthless, militarily powerful and ideologically-driven Taliban took over Afghanistan in August 2021, the expectation was that peace ( even if it was only the peace of the graveyard) would return to the hapless country. But contrary to expectations, Taliban-ruled Afghanistan is […]

The PMI index released by China’s National Bureau of Statistics sometime ago indicates a downward trend. Figures of the PMI show that in March, then indices of the manufacturing purchasing managers, the non-manufacturing business activities and the composite PMI output were at 49.5%, 48.4% and 48.8%, down 0.7, 3.2 and 2.4 percentage points respectively from the previous month. All these […]

In a rebranding reminiscent of New Coke, in 2018 the U.S. Pacific Command was christened the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command to reflect increased cooperation with countries in the Indian Ocean theatre, including India, in response to increased assertiveness by China’s military. Four years later, the official U.S. view of India, the world’s biggest democracy, soured and Washington threatened sanctions against Delhi […]

Ilhan Omar is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Minnesota’s 5th congressional district since 2019. She represents the Democratic Farmer Labor Party. She made her first ever visit to Pakistan on 20-24 April 2022 and held meetings with Pakistani politician/leadership and visited the cultural city of Lahore and also visited the Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Kashmir the […]

The nature of the evolving India’s evolving nuclear doctrine; capabilities and posture have been highlighted in the comments, statements and writings of Indian politicians and officials several times where they have been urging to review the No First Use policy of India. Several international reputed observers and scholars have also referred to India’s counterforce temptations. These developments and debate however […]

India has long prided itself on its strategically independent or non-aligned foreign policy. But the 2022 Russian-Ukrainian War has put India’s approach to strategic independence under an international spotlight. Although Indian leaders have often stated that their country’s strategic independence does not bar New Delhi from leaning to one side or another, India’s tilt toward Russia during the war has […]

Pakistan has been rocked by demonstrations throughout the country since the ouster of former Prime Minister Imran Khan from power. This development has been a surprise not only to Khan’s detractors, but to Khan’s supporters as well. The size of these rallies has been astonishing. What they have also demonstrated is that the Pakistanis who have been outraged by recent […]

Does Russia need workers? The labor force in Russia is gradually declining. This indicator reached its peak in 2008-2011. Then the labor market was 76 million people, or 53% of the total population of the country. By 2020 that figure has fallen below 73 million, less than 51% of the total population.