Link: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-58891613 Summary: In pakistan tribal districts, families are being ripped apart by murder and violence. IS-K is murdering people who they consider to potentially be “informants” for the Pakistan military. In the past year, there has been an extreme surge in violence and killing, as terrorist groups like the TTP (the “ideological twin” of the Taliban) are threatening and… Read more »
Link to article: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/dmitry-medvedev-warns-of-spread-of-terrorists-radicals-refugees-to-central-asia-from-afghanistan/articleshow/86156946.cms Summary: Former president and deputy chairman of the Russia security council, Dmitry Medvedev has alleged that terrorists have lined up at Afghanistan’s borders, causing a security threat to bordering central Asian countries. Medvedev has written that he believes there is a migration crisis in Central Asia that other global powers need to help address. He also… Read more »
Link: https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/13/china/taiwan-india-tensions-mic-intl-hnk/index.html Summary: As China tightens their militaristic stronghold on the border of their country, both Taiwan and India face tensions. China in recent months has caused conflict over territory and borders, with recent weeks focus being on the Taiwan strait. Now, the conflict seems to have shifted to the LAC> There has been talk of detainment of troops from… Read more »
Article link: https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-and-russia-to-secure-central-asia-against-taliban-radicalisation-101631160208138.html Summary: As the Taliban wreaks havoc having taken over Afghanistan, Russia and India have commonly agreed to join forces to secure bordering central Asian countries from further takeover. This was agreed during NSA level consultations on Wednesday between Ajit Doval and Nikolay Patrushev. It has been expressed that the Taliban has plans underway to use Afghanistan to… Read more »
link to article: https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-india-coronavirus-pandemic-health-156aa8c79dff83905cd9c12d33b90cb3 Summary: Amid the ravaging COVID pandemic, Thailand has reported it’s first case of the Indian variant of the Coronavirus in a Thai woman and her son traveling from Pakistan. Thailand has now banned travelers from India, where the coronavirus has infected over 22 million, as well as Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal. Clusters of infection continue to… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/20/fleeing-afghan-hazaras-face-uncertain-future-in-pakistan As Afghanistan faces turmoil under control of the Taliban, the Pakistan government is turning away Afghans in search of refuge in their neighboring country. Many families are living in unpredictable circumstances as they scramble for ways to flee the Taliban and find refuge. Hazaras, who are an ethnicity that is about the third largest ethnic group… Read more »
