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Neighbourhood News Digest - 13 May 2025

Afghanistan
Islamic Emirate Asks France to Resume Diplomatic Presence in Kabul-Tolo News
Suhail Shaheen, the Islamic Emirate’s ambassador in Qatar, in a meeting with Jean-Marin Schuh, France’s chargé d'affaires for Afghan....

May 13, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , Maldives , Myanmar , Afghanistan , Uzbekistan , Bhutan , UK , France , Maldives-India relations , Myanmar-China Relations , Maldives 2.0 , Tourism Payment System , Myanmar- Russia Relations , 'Youm-e-Marka-e-Haq
Neighbourhood News Digest - 09 May 2025

Afghanistan
Turkmenistan Expands Trade and Transit Cooperation with Afghanistan-Tolo News
Turkmenistan’s Foreign Minister has stated that his country will enhance cooperation with Afghanistan in the sectors of railways, trad....

May 09, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Israel , Pakistan , Maldives , Myanmar , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Turkmenistan , Hydropower projects , Debt , Myanmar-China Relations , Adani Group , Kharclachi , Indian Rafale
Neighbourhood News Digest - 08 May 2025

Afghanistan
India-Pakistan Tensions Disrupt Afghanistan's Trade Routes, Economy-Tolo News
Fresh tensions between India and Pakistan have posed challenges to Afghanistan’s trade, resulting in the halt of export shipments at r....

May 08, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , Maldives , Myanmar , Afghanistan , Bhutan , trade , Abdali , Ghavnavi , National Security Advisers , Department of Employment and Entrepreneurship , DEE , Jabchor 2.0 , India-Maldives Defence Pact , Truce Deals , Myanmar-Russia Relations.
Opposite ends of the Pendulum: Syama Prasad Mukherjee and Nehru on Pakistan and China
Raghvendra Singh, Senior Fellow, VIF Article

It was axiomatic that different ideologies would exist in different parts of the world. The whole world obviously could never be built on one pattern. Syama Babu believed that trouble arose only when ideologies and principles, either peacefully or vi....

May 07, 2025 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , India , Pakistan , China , Tibet , McMahon Line , Nehru Liaquat Pact , plebiscite , Syama Babu , UNO
Neighbourhood News Digest - 06 May 2025

Afghanistan
Ministry: Afghanistan-Kyrgyzstan Trade Reached $66M in 1403-Tolo News
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce announced that Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan recorded $66 million in trade during the past solar year (1403).....

May 06, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , China , Russia , Kyrgyzstan , Maldives , Myanmar , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Qatar , US Sanctions , Azad Kashmir , US-Maldives , TNLA , World Expo 2025 , Black Marlin , Peace Deals , Chenab
Neighbourhood News Digest - 05 May 2025

Afghanistan
Shaheen Insists UN Seat Be Given to Islamic Emirate Representative-Tolo News
The acting head of the Islamic Emirate’s embassy in Qatar has once again emphasized the need for Afghanistan’s UN seat to be given to....

May 05, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , economy , Maldives , Myanmar , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Qatar , GCC , PTI , media freedom , TNLA , Prince Harry , EU’s European Fund for Sustainable Development Plus , EFSD+ , Maldives 2.0 , Saudi Arabia Relations , Myanmar-China Peace Deals
VIF News Digest : National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism (01-15 April 2025)

Defence

  1. Defence exports increase by 12.04% surging to a record high of Rs 23,622 crore in FY 2024-25
  2. 2500 Kg Narcotics Seized by Indian Navy's Mission Deployed Warship INS May 02, 2025 Defense, National Security and Terrorism , India , Pakistan , Kashmir , Indian Air Force , Indian Army , Africa , Terrorism , DRDO , J&K , Maoists , LWE , Indian Navy , Aatmanirbhar Bharat , Ministry of Defence , Bharat , AIKEYME
Kabul to Pahalgam: A Journey of Pain and Loss
Bilquees Daud Commentary

Kashmir, often dubbed as "heaven on earth," is soaked in blood as terrorists killed 26 innocent tourists in Pahalgam. Hearing this news, devastated me. I can innately relate to the families who were subjected to the horror of losing their loved ones....

May 02, 2025 Jammu & Kashmir , National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , India , Pakistan , War , Afghanistan , Kashmir , religion
Internal Security Monitor (16-30 April, 2025) Vol 1, No 13

Twenty-six people, including army personnel, families on holiday and couples on honeymoon were brutally massacred by terrorist of The Resistance Front in Pahalgam, Jammu Kashmir, on April 22, 2025. Prime Minister Narendra Modi sternly warned Pakistan....

May 01, 2025 Pakistan , Kashmir , Jammu , Jharkhand , Naxal , chhattisgarh , NIA , Terrorist , Sukma , Maoist , Poonch , Gujarat , Internal Security Monitor , Cyber-attacks , Gadchiroli , Bijapur , Cocaine , National Investigation Agency , Pahalgam , Bharatiya Nyaya Samihiti , Unlawful Activities Prevention Act , Kashmir Ghaznavi Force , JKGF , Kangleipak Communist Party , United National Liberation Front , Socialist Revolutionary Kangleipak , SOREPA , mephentermine , alprazolam , Commando Battalion Resolute Action , Inter-Services Intelligence , Central Reserve Police Force , Railway Protection Force , Prayag Manjhi , Terrorist Resistance Front , Rupesh , Abhay , Chandrasekhar , Chandramouli Revanth , Digvijay
Neighbourhood News Digest - 01 May 2025

Afghanistan
Islamic Emirate Delegation to Participate in 16th Kazan Forum-Tolo News
A delegation of the Islamic Emirate, led by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the deputy prime minister for economic affairs, is set to participate ....

May 01, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , economy , Maldives , Myanmar , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Kachin Independence Army , KIA , FBR , Ministry of Health , Maldives-Malaysia Relations , Kazan Forum , Nangarhar , Universal Periodic Review , UPR , UN Aid , Quetta.
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