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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
Demystifying the “Armed Struggle” in Jammu and Kashmir
Col Nilesh Kunwar (Retd.) Article

The younger generation may not be aware, but when gun toting “mujahideen” [holy warriors] first appeared in J&K during the late 80s, they had assured the people that ‘azadi’ [freedom] was just round the corner. So, as the New Year unfo....

January 07, 2022 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , J & K , ISI , APHC , Mujahideen , armed struggle , Azadi , OGW
A Tale of Two Cities: Dacca March 12, 1972 and Kabul August 30, 2021
Brig (Dr) Ashok Pathak (Retd.) Article

Two Events Separated by Five Decades and One and half Thousands Miles
Since the time the US decided to leave Afghanistan the media is full of its coverage and resultant reverberations across the world. Everyone agrees that it is too early....

September 08, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , US , Afghanistan , Article , Taliban , ISI , Operation Dacca
Do Not Whitewash the Taliban
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

The dastardly twin terror attacks at Kabul airport and a nearby hotel killed more than 160 people, including 13 US soldiers. The attack, claimed by Islamic State Khorassan (ISK) was a grim reminder of the dystopian future that awaits the country. US ....

August 29, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Commentary , US , Taliban , Al Qaeda , ISI , Haqqani network
Taliban Takeover and Implications for Nepal
Dr Rishi Gupta Article

Nepalese in Afghanistan
Amidst Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, the leading global powers continue to repatriate their citizens from Afghanistan. At the same time, geographically smaller countries are looking for international cooperation....

August 26, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Nepal , Article , Pakistan , Border , Terrorism , Security , Taliban , ISI , Remittances , Government of Nepal , Nepalese Migrant Labourers , Repatriation , Emergency Response , Nepal Economy , Nepal-India Border , Nepal Earthquake 2015
Taliban’s Victory: Implications for the Region
Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

The Taliban victory in Afghanistan in the 90s had displaced Rabbani government from Kabul. It was a slow process; they could not establish control over the North, which remained under the control of the Northern Alliance. This time they have achieved....

August 21, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , Central Asia , Afghanistan , Commentary , India , Central Asia , Iran , Afghanistan , Taliban , ISI , Imran Khan , TTP , ETIM , Haqqani
Jammu and Kashmir: Reaction to the Abrogation of Article 370
Abhinav Pandya Article

There is no dearth of intellectuals and strategic experts deliberating on the post-370 Kashmir and the emerging trends in militancy. In the intellectual milieu, overwhelmingly dominated by Kashmir-centric militancy, often, Jammu never gets its due at....

March 19, 2021 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Pakistan , Kashmir , Jammu , Security Forces , ISI , Article 370 , Jamaat-I-Islami , Roshni scheme
Assessing India’s Abrogation of article 370, and Kashmir’s Journey Ahead
Abhinav Pandya Article

On August 5th, 2019, Modi government nullified the article 370 and scrapped article 35 A, the backbone of article 370. It was indeed a historic moment for India as article 370, in essence, had become a dead weight providing a robust protective shield....

August 05, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , Kashmir , Radicalisation , governance , ISIS , Turkey , ISI , Article 370 , Ladakh , AQIS , United Jihad Council
Pakistan and 05 August- A Year Later
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

The developments of 05 August 2019 have left a deep scar on the psyche of Pakistan. This was the day when the special provisions granted to J&K in the Indian constitution- Article 370 and Article 35(A) – were revoked. The state was bifurcated into ....

August 04, 2020 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , Kashmir , ISI , UN , Gilgit-Baltistan , Hurriyat , psyche , post Article 370 phase
Pakistan: Lal Masjid 2.0 ?
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

Lal Masjid in Islamabad and Maulana Abdul Aziz, also known as ‘Mullah Burqa’, are back in the news. Like in 2007, the authorities are again negotiating with him on a set of demands that no self-respecting government could concede. Almost ....

March 23, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , ISI , Lal Masjid , Mullah Burqa , Jihad , Abdul Aziz
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