It should not be impossible to think of creating another trade and communication-related entity to come up on the pattern of BIMSTEC with India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Iran as its permanent members, and with an almost identical agenda as of the Bay of Bengal Initiative.
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif proposes connecting Pakistan’s Gwadar port to its “complementary” port Chabahar in southeastern Iran, during his visit to Islamabad
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Afghans know that peace and counter-terrorism mission in Afghanistan is inextricably entwined with international politics as also with Pakistan’s game of terror sponsorship.
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Pakistan in comparison has no match to India’s market and neither does its capacity to pay in hard currency. India, thus, is theoretically in a position to influence Russia
Islamic State (IS) claimed for the first time that it has established a “province” in India, after a clash between militants and security forces in the contested Kashmir region killed a militant with alleged ties to the group.
While the government’s stated policy is that we would support the govt or the interim govt of Afghanistan, I’m certain that at an informal level we have the ways and means to access some segments of Taliban
India’s policy consistency and significant contribution in civil capacity building has made us popular across the politico-ethnic spectrum in Afghanistan.; this does not mean that we don’t have the channels open with the Taliban
Move comes as a huge diplomatic win for India
A madrasa, or Islamic school, on a remote hilltop in northeastern Pakistan that was the target of an Indian air strike just over six weeks ago is still not ready to give up its secrets.
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Islam was legitimized on a political basis because large quantities of foreign aid flowed into the country from the Gulf as well as international Islamic organizations, indicating that the rising prevalence of and respect for the religion could not have been on ideological grounds alone, but due to Islamist groups spurring economic development in the country
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