Maldives
Neighborhood News Digest – 22 June 2023

Afghanistan
Forcefully Displacing, Relocating Ethnic Groups Should be Stopped in Afghanistan: CSTO – The Khaama Press
The foreign ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) demanded that the forced disp....

Neighborhood News Digest – 21 June 2023

Afghanistan

Pakistan uses various tools to disturb tribals along border with Afghanistan: Report - The Print
Pakistan’s policy of disturbing the tribal people along its border regions with Afghanistan has many dimensions, A....

Neighborhood News Digest – 05 June 2023

Afghanistan
Pakistan Permits Barter Trade With Russia, Iran And Afghanistan – Republic World
In a bid to ease the mounting pressure on its fast-depleting foreign reserves, cash-starved Pakistan has announced a barter trade a....

Neighborhood News Digest – 01 June 2023

Afghanistan
How a Covert Relationship With the Taliban Backfired for US Ally Pakistan – Bloomberg
About two weeks after the Taliban retook Afghanistan in 2021, the then head of Pakistan’s spy agency arrived at one of Kabu....

VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 01-15 May 2023

DEFENCE

Neighborhood News Digest – 25 April 2023

Afghanistan
Leaked document shows ISIS re-emergence in Afghanistan – News Nation
ISIS is re-emerging in Afghanistan, and using the country as a safe haven to coordinate its terrorist activity. This was revealed because of report....

Neighborhood News Digest – 21 April 2023

Afghanistan
Taliban recognition not a focus of Afghanistan meeting, says UN - Aljazeera
A UN-convened meeting on Afghanistan next month will not focus on the possible international recognition of the Taliban administration, a UN s....

Neighborhood News Digest – 17 April 2023

Afghanistan
China eyes Afghanistan's lithium reserves, offers to invest USD 10 billion – The Economic Times
Taliban are simply not able to ensure security in places such as Kabul. The fact that ISKP has been increasingly able t....

Neighborhood News Digest – 13 April 2023

Afghanistan
China Spells Out Its Position on Afghanistan – Tolo News
The embassy of China in Kabul shed light on 11 points that clarified the country’s position regarding Afghanistan. The point first, the embassy said in a st....

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