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Balochistan

Neighborhood News Digest – 14 July 2023

Afghanistan

Kabul Residents Say They Struggle With Lack of Water – Tolo News

Residents of the capital are concerned about the lack of drinking water in Kabul these days. They said that they do not have access to city water s....

July 14, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , Maldives , Kabul , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Balochistan , Assam , IMF , UAE , junta , Hydropower , Teacher Training , Secretary Raut , Tomatoes , President Ranil Wickremesinghe

Neighborhood News Digest – 13 July 2023

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Four people publicly flogged by Taliban – The Print

Taliban’s Supreme Court has announced that four people including a woman have been publicly flogged on accusations of committing “immorality�....

July 13, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , Nepal , ASEAN , Bhutan , Balochistan , Taliban , Thailand , BRI , UN , Suu Kyi , Quran , Fishermen , PM Shehbaz Sharif , Scholarships , Potato

Neighborhood News Digest – 3 July 2023

Afghanistan

Afghanistan least peaceful country in the world, says IEP; Taliban calls report "unjust" – The Economic Times

The Taliban has criticized the Institute for Economics and Peace's 'Global Peace Index 2022' findings....

July 03, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , Afghanistan , Terrorism , Bhutan , Balochistan , Taliban , oil prices , BRI , Tourism , Human Rights , India-Maldives , debt restructuring , Same-sex marriage , India-Out , Myanmar-India-Thailand , wastewater , IMF bailout deal

VIF Neighbourhood News Digest - January 03, 2023

Afghanistan

Defense Ministry Rejects Pakistan Official's Remarks on TTP in Afghanistan: Tolo News

The Ministry of Defense reacted to recent comments by Pakistan’s interior minister about the presence of Tehreek Taliban Pakistan ....

January 03, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Nepal , economy , Afghanistan , Nepal elections , Bhutan , Nepal China , Balochistan , UNHRC , Imran Khan , al-Qaeda , Ceasefire , Inflation , TTP , Military Coup , Nepal India , Abdul Momen , Thailand-Myanmar , new austerity measure , David Cameron- Ranil Wickremesinghe , Gotabaya Rajapaksa- US citizenship

VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 16-30 November 2022

DEFENCE

MALABAR 22 culminates.
Mr Carlos Del Toro, Secretary of Navy, US on a five day official visit to India.
Raksha Mantri (RM) Shri Rajnath Singh attends ASEAN Defence Ministers Plus meeting & India-ASEAN D....

December 02, 2022 Defense, National Security and Terrorism , India , Pakistan , US , Australia , Defence , Islamic State , Al-Shabaab , Africa , Terrorism , DRDO , J&K , LWE , Balochistan , Malabar , al-Qa’ida , Indonesia , Oman , France , dialogue , Navy , Malaysia , Extremism , Somalia , Maoist , IslamicExtremism , ADMM-Plus , IPRD , Samanvay , BKI , ISYF , Quetta

The Boiling Baloch Pot: A Continued Saga of Baloch Resistance

Tejusvi Shukla Commentary

A suicide bombing that killed three Chinese nationals in the Pakistani city of Karachi on April 26, 2022, has sent shock waves throughout the region. Notably, this incident rests on two p....

May 22, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan , CPEC , Balochistan , ISI , Gwadar , Karachi , Baloch Liberation Army , free baloch , Voice Of Missing Baloch , By waahin Baloch

Pakistan: The Relentless Killings of the Hazaras¹

Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

The cold-blooded killing of 11 Shia Hazara miners in Geshtari area of Machh, Balochistan on 03 January 2021 by the Islamic State (IS) refocused attention on the brutal persecution of minorities in Pakistan in recent decades. However, even among the m....

January 15, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Islamic State , Balochistan , Taliban , Imran Khan , Hazaras , Lashkar e Jhangvi , Shia

Pakistan Stock Exchange Attack— BLA’s Thwarted Attempt

Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

“You can't keep snakes in your backyard and expect them only to bite your neighbours. You know, eventually, those snakes are going to turn on whoever has them in the backyard.”¹

July 15, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , China , Iran , Afghanistan , Terrorism , CPEC , Balochistan , Sindh , Baluchistan , BLA , Karachi , PSE , StockExchange

IS Pakistan Losing the COVID-19 Battle?

Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

While the entire world is grappling with the COVID-19 pandemic, Pakistan’s handling of the crisis raises fears that if it does not get its act together quickly, it may be at risk of losing the battle. The numbers of positive cases as of 20 Ma....

May 22, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , Balochistan , COVID-19 , lockdown , Sindh , lack of testing , polarisation

Balochistan - Forgotten War, Forsaken People

Sushant Sareen

If there was one genuinely ‘unfinished agenda of Partition’ it must be the case of freedom of Balochistan from the brazen colonisation of Pakistan. All through the post-partition decades, the Baloch have protested, confronted and rebelled against....

December 07, 2017 National Security and Strategic Studies , Balochistan , Monograph , Rebellion , State of Balochistan