Leaders from Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Turkmenistan said a new pipeline being built between their countries is the start of a major new energy, road, and communications corridor connecting Central Asia with South Asia. “South Asia is being connected with Central Asia through Afghanistan after more than a century of division,” Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said at the inauguration on February… Read more »
A ceremony to lay a fiber-optic communication line over the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India route was held in Turkmenistan with participation of other countries’ representatives, a source in Turkmen Communications Ministry told Trend. Five international fiber-optic communication lines are linked on the territory of Turkmenistan. Two fiber-optic systems are currently operating in the country: the circular Ashgabat-Mary-Turkmenabat-Dashoguz-Ashgabat system and the radial Garabogaz-Turkmenbashi-Ashgabat-Mary-Turkmenabat-Atamyrat-Ymamnazar system,… Read more »
“Pakistan must stop promoting terrorism and interference in the internal affairs of its neighbours for the SAARC process to be revived”, a source here said when asked for reaction to Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi’s visit to Kathmanduduring which he sought the Nepalese leadership’s support in reinvigorating the grouping. In a speech during his visit to the SAARC Secretariat in Kathmandu to plant a tree,… Read more »
Source: Al Jazeera Families of the deceased recount their ordeal, sceptical that justice for slain loved ones will ever be delivered. Shopian, Indian-administered Kashmir – When darkness descends on the quiet villages of Shopian, everything falls silent. But Sunday evening was different. A quick rattle of gunfire echoed through Pahnoo village in Shopian, a southern Kashmir district that has witnessed increasing violence in… Read more »
n this edition of The Interview, Fair Observer talks to Indian Forest Service officer, Kunal Satyarthi. Himachal Pradesh, a hilly state located in the Western Himalayas, has in recent years become more important in India’s mission to move toward a cleaner future and tackle climate change. Himachal Pradesh has a geographical area of 55,673 square kilometers, 33,000 of which is occupied by forests…. Read more »
Source: BBC The Sri Lankan government says more troops have been deployed to the central district of Kandy, to try to end days of violence against Muslims. Police used tear gas to disperse Buddhist rioters who have attacked mosques and Muslim-owned businesses. They are defying a curfew imposed after a Buddhist youth died during an altercation with a group of… Read more »
I was very interested to read the article by Reuters on Russia’s growing relationship with Pakistan. During the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in the 1980’s, the United States worked with Pakistan to funnel spies, weapons, and resources to the Mujahideen fighting off the foreign invasion. The Soviet Union was well aware of the Pakistani and American presence in that conflict,… Read more »
Reuters ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – As U.S. influence in Islamabad wanes, Pakistan’s former adversary Russia is building military, diplomatic and economic ties that could upend historic alliances in the region and open up a fast-growing gas market for Moscow’s energy companies. Russia’s embrace of Pakistan comes at a time when relations between the United States and its historical ally are unravelling… Read more »
The Guardian Just before 7am one morning in Mumbai, three men clearing a sewer pipe were overcome by deadly fumes and collapsed. Their deaths sparked a cat-and-mouse pursuit across India. Records show the bodies of the trio were rushed to an embalmer, where a certificate was issued declaring them safe for flying. Permissions were sought in their home state of Orissa. Within… Read more »
The Guardian At least two people have been killed and eight others injured in anti-Muslim riots in a popular tourist district in central Sri Lanka as the government blocked Facebook and other social media services in an effort to quell the violence. Reports of an attack on a Buddhist temple in Abathanna triggered another day of clashes across Kandy district between members… Read more »