The Baloch national movement and the options for India
The Balochis have been at loggerheads with the Pakistani rulers for several decades, demanding independence on the grounds that Balochistan was forcibly occupied by Pakistan on 27th March 1948.
Pakistan
India expels officials from Pakistan High Commission
By IAR Desk India on Sunday, May 31, expelled two officials from the Pakistani High
SCO Ministers of Foreign Affairs convene video conference in the backdrop of Covid-19 pandemic
While India’s External Affairs Minister Jaishankar highlighted the overwhelming threat posed by terrorism, Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi urged that the pandemic not be politicized
Newborns among dead in Kabul hospital attack; 24 killed in funeral bombing
By Reuters Gunmen attacked a hospital in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on Tuesday where the
Pakistan claims water flow in Chenab reduced significantly; India terms it baseless
The annual meeting between Indus Commissioners was postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown
US Special Envoy Khalilzad back in region for Afghan peace
It is the second trip that Zalmay Khalilzad has made since April 12 to breathe momentum to the peace accord that he helped hammer out between the US and the Taliban.
Covid-19 helps end mass funerals of terrorists in Kashmir
However, the Army and police do observe all religious practices and rituals for burying the dead
Afghanistan Needs a Humanitarian Ceasefire to Fight COVID-19
Since their creation as an instrument of external strategic influence in 1994, the Taliban have enjoyed safe havens, an operational infrastructure, diplomatic support, as well as medical treatment of their wounded fighters on foreign soil in our neighborhood—from where they continue to prosecute a terror campaign across Afghanistan.
Tablighi Jamaat’s mass gatherings across Asia spark coronavirus clusters
A conservative religious group’s gatherings have emerged as coronavirus hotspots in Malaysia, India and now Pakistan
Sikhs in Afghanistan: Under Siege
The IS, perhaps chose to target the Sikhs to drive home the point that they too exist in the power equation in Afghanistan. The IS’s central group operates in Afghanistan through Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K). Territorially, the IS may have diminished and its hierarchy remains uncertain post the death of Abu-Bakr Al Bhagdadi in October last year.