Washington has never hesitated to work with non-state actors when to do so aligns with its strategic interests. The Kurdish example stands as clear precedent. Yet when it comes to the Baloch who are spread across Balochistan, including in parts of Iran the same logic appears absent
By Aditi Bhaduri It is day 24 of the Israel-US war on Iran. Thisis a
US President Trump, in a post on his Truth Social, said he hoped China, France, Japan, South Korea, Britain and others would send ships to help protect the vital, narrow passage through which about a fifth of global oil passes.
With the Iran blitz, the message to smaller and military states is shaping up to be this: ‘build the damn bomb – if not legally, then the way Pakistan did in the 1970s’.
Iran later denied any involvement, with Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi telling Tasnim news agency, “The Islamic Republic of Iran has not targeted the Republic of Azerbaijan. We do not target our neighbouring countries.”
The growing alignment between Kabul and Delhi is a redline for Islamabad.
Prime Minister Carney’s visit to India, therefore, is not merely an exercise in diplomatic repair but marks a transformative structural reset with consequences well beyond their bilateral relations
carried out their first known operation in 2013. Initially, the group was active in Sibi and Naseer Abad.
The United States of America and India have released a statement announcing a framework for
Sheikh Hasina’s legitimacy does not rest on rhetoric alone; it rests on law, history, and the expressed will of the electorate. Until the people, through a free and fair vote, decide otherwise, any alternative claim to power remains provisional at best, illegitimate at worst.