Monday, militants armed with explosives and guns attacked a police station in a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban killing 10 officers. No group has immediately claimed responsibility for this attack, but the police are working to find the attackers. This came two months after a suicide bomber killed 23 troops and wounded 32 others outside a police station in… Read more »
The MInister Amit Shah of India said that the government has decided to build a fence along the 1643 kilometer Indo-Myanmar border to facilitate better surveillance. India is also going to end the Free Movement Regime along the border as well. They believe that the fencing will be finished in the next four and a half years. Also anyone coming… Read more »
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/afghanistan-taliban-al-qaeda-growing/ Al Qaeda has created eight new training camps and maintains multiple safehouses in Afghanistan, according to the United Nations Security Council. This means that the Taliban has not honored its pledge to the U.S. which is stated in the Doha agreement to cut ties with Al Qaeda and that the two organizations remain close. The Taliban have increased protection… Read more »
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/chinese-research-vessel-heads-maldives-could-concern-india-2024-01-22/ In recent developments, China has sent a research vessel to the Maldives. These vessels are highly advanced mobile research stations and are dual-use. The information gathered by the vessels can be used for civilian and military purposes, including the deployment of submarines. This raises a concern for India, as previously the Indian government viewed this move as problematic, as… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/kashmir-india-autonomy-supreme-court-status-d7e9b2c0cb0222e18de08d75c6b0ebc5 India’s Supreme Court upheld Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s 2019 decision to revoke Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, making it a federally administered territory. This is the first time in Indian history that a state has been reverted to a territory, the unprecedented move dividing them into Ladakh and Jammu-Kashmir. Chief Justice Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud urged the… Read more »
Link to article: Taliban sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence, says UN report | AP News Taliban officials have been sending Afghan women to prison to protect them from gender-based violence. The 23 state sponsored women protection centers, where victims of gender-based violence could find refuge, are gone. This is because the Taliban believe that… Read more »
https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3245358/china-urges-iran-and-saudi-arabia-work-together-avoid-miscalculation-diplomats-meet-restoration-ties Foreign Minister Wang Yi has recently spoken with senior Saudi and Iranian officials in the first meeting of a committee to support relations between the two countries. About the US, Saudia’s ally and Iran’s rival, the Chinese government calls on the Middle Eastern countries to ‘eliminate external interference’. Also going on to say “The Middle East can no longer… Read more »
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-777775 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, of Israel, spoke with Putin for 50 minutes and expressed sharp criticism of the dangerous cooperation between Russia and Iran, as in recent developments Iran inches closer to Russia. The governments completed work on a new treaty and spoke of a Gaza ceasefire, as well as Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaking with Iranian Foreign… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/afghanistan-taliban-human-rights-un-7bc72e9339e37ba9a5b70b20ee72c58f The Taliban must embrace and uphold humans’ rights obligations in Afghanistan. Basic human rights have been revoked, women and girls some of the most affected. The bans include inclusion to most public spaces and daily life, which has been globally condemned. The UN has been documenting the Taliban’s extrajudicial killings, torture and ill-treatment, corporal punishment, arbitrary… Read more »
China is about to complete a new highway near its border with India which can potentially allow a rapid mobilization of their troops which can be used if these countries ever have a military standoff. China has been worried about its G219 highway which runs along the country’s entire western and southern border linking the regions of Xinjiang and Tibet…. Read more »