Link to Article: https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/pakistan-airlines-suspends-afghan-operations-citing-taliban-interference-1864832-2021-10-14 Summary: Recently Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) have suspended all flights to Kabul the Afghan capital, on Thursday. The reason being they had “heavy handed interference” from The Taliban authorities this includes sudden rule change and intimidation of staff. The final straw for Pakistan International Airlines was the order from Taliban Government to cut ticket prices heavily…. Read more »
Link to article https://www.independent.co.uk/news/rohingya-bangladesh-myanmar-dhaka-sheikh-hasina-b1935892.html Summary: The United Nations and Bangladesh’s government have signed an agreement to help Rohingya refugees on an island in the Bay of Bengal together. These refugees are in this island after being relocated from camps near the border of Myanmar. This is an effort that Bangladesh has been attempting to solve already with the moving of… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/10/11/india-china-army-talks-border-tensions-ladakh Summary: Indian and Chinese army commanders have begun talks to disengage troops from key friction areas along their shared border. These friction areas have been in a stalemate and standoff for 17 months and in some cases have led to conflicts that have been deadly. These talks however did not go in favor of peace and… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/9/22/pakistan-imran-khan-civil-war-afghanistan-taliban Summary: Imran Khan, the current Pakistani Prime Minister, warns us of the high risk that a civil war will break out in Afghanistan if the current Taliban leadership is unable to form an inclusive government to govern Afghanistan. Khan told BBC network this on the matter, “If they do not have an inclusive government, and gradually… Read more »
Link to Article:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/12/iran-agrees-deal-with-un-on-monitoring-of-nuclear-programme Summary: Recently Iran has agreed to let the United Nation’s nuclear inspectors install new memory cards into the cameras that are located in Iran’s nuclear research facilities. This will allow the UN to monitor Iran’s controversial nuclear program. This could lead to the US lifting its sanctions on Iran. Rafael Grossi, who is the head of the… Read more »
Link to Article https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-rejects-reports-relating-to-over-the-horizon-strikes-by-us-in-afghanistan-7513808/ Summary: Recently media reports have suggested that the US has been in touch with India to explore the possibility of conducting “over-the-horizon” counter-terror strikes in Afghanistan following America’s departure from Afghanistan. India’s External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson, Arindam Bagchi denies such suggestions but adds that the US Congressional hearing on the matter of Afghanistan is “slightly different”… Read more »
