The Interim Afghan Government’s (IAG) financial constraints and the confiscation of Afghan Central Bank reserves have had a direct impact on the nation’s economy. Economic instability has made it possible for adversarial forces to use the populace as a tool to further…
The local population of IIOJK is still being subjected to coercive measures by the Indian government. In December 2022, The J&K Land Grant Rules (LGR)-2022 were announced by Lieutenant Governor IIOJK, replacing Land LGR-1960, which dealt with the special rules to grant…
The ideology of Hindutva poses an existential threat to South Asian and global stability. No more is this evident than in India where a vicious, reductionist and socially exclusionary agenda is being pursued by a Modi led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). It…
The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) is a centrepiece initiative of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). CPEC has evolved into an essential component of the BRI, connecting China’s western region to the rest of the world, including Central Asia. The BRI aspires…
Prussian General Carl Von Clausewitz famously said, “War may have its own grammar but it does not have its own logic.” The situations of 1990s, 2000s and even today speak high of the chaos in Afghanistan. After the Russian withdrawal from Afghanistan,…
A recent opinion piece by Pervez Hoodbhoy argued why TTP could not be defeated. He ascribed this failure to lack of clarity in establishment about good and bad Taliban and the ideological confusion in the minds of soldiers and the citizens about…
Afghanistan has exported more than $743 million, $207 million, and $23 million worth of goods to Pakistan, India, and Tajikistan, respectively. Pakistan is at the top of the list of Afghanistan’s export destinations because Afghanistan has done the most business with Pakistan. …
India has been making efforts to establish a network of spies in several nations, but its nefarious plans are coming to light. A key example is Kulbushan Yadav, an Indian Navy officer who working for RAW, was apprehended by Pakistan, his travel…
Manichaeism heralds a dualistic religious movement that surfaced in the 3rd century hinged at the cosmic mano-a-mano on binaries: the kingdom of good and the kingdom of evil, the realm of light and the realm of darkness; likewise the angels and the demons.…
A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between Pakistan and Uzbekistan on December 26, 2022, during the visit of Uzbek Deputy Prime Minister Khodjave Jamshid Abdukhakimovich to Islamabad. In a related development, Afghanistan and Uzbekistan have agreed to establish a cooperative market…