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Neighborhood News Digest - 23 January 2025

Afghanistan
Muttaqi Meets Representatives of Türkiye, Iran, UN in Kabul-Tolo News
Cenk Ünal, the Turkish ambassador in Kabul, in a meeting with Amir Khan Muttaqi, the acting foreign minister, pledged his country's continued ....

January 23, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , China , economy , Maldives , Iran , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , trade , Bangladesh , renewable energy , World Bank , Dubai , UN , PTI , BNP , WEF , Forex , Türkiye , Rakhine State , Bhutan-Bangladesh , Myanmar- Thailand Relations
Neighborhood News Digest - 21 January 2025

Afghanistan
Islamic Emirate Rejects Trump's Claims of Dependency on US Aid-Tolo News
In response to Donald Trump's recent statements about the US sending billions of dollars in aid to Afghanistan, the Islamic Emirate has state....

January 21, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , US , China , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , elections , election , Bangladesh , Imran Khan , Ceasefire , IMF , PTI , Afghan refugees , Ishaq Dar , Myanmar-China Relations , Maldives-US Partnership , Universal Periodic Review (UPR) , Working Group , Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA)
Close Encounters or Smoke and Mirrors? Lights of Transparency and Shadows of Legitimacy in New Jersey's Sky
Dr Julien Paret Commentary

In recent weeks, public discourse about extraterrestrial politics within the broader framework of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs)—commonly referred to as Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs)—has suddenly transitioned from conspiracy (Roswell c....

January 17, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , Commentary , US , Russia , ISRO , Aliens , Extraterrestrials , Star Trek
Neighborhood News Digest - 15 January 2025

Afghanistan
Pakistan, Afghanistan, and UNHCR to Hold Talks on Afghan Refugees- Tolo News
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriations has announced plans to hold a trilateral meeting with Pakistan and the United Nations High Com....

January 15, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , China , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , election , Bangladesh , GDP , Remittances , UNHCR , Myanmar-China , NPP , MNDF , Afghan refugees , Herat , July Proclamation , Reform Commission , Maldives-Estonia Relations , Kachin State , Peaceful Country
The American Standpoint and the West Asian Quagmire
Dr Manan Dwivedi Article

West Asia and its conflicts remain embedded in public awareness as a kind of stalemate and a quagmire which has the liability of conflict and war written all over it. Great power interventions have been a bane of existence for the beleaguered region ....

January 15, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Israel , US , Iran , West Asia , Houthi , Hezbollah , Hamas
Reimagining US Investment in the Lobito Corridor
Dr Shambhavi Anand, Research Assistant, VIF Article

The US president, Joe Biden visited Angola, delivering on the promise he made during the 2022 U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. This trip marks the first visit ever by a sitting U.S. president to the Republic of Angola, and the first visit of a U.S. presid....

January 10, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , US , China , Biden , Tanzania , Angola , Zambia , DRC , Lobito corridor , Atlantic Ocean
Neighborhood News Digest - 09 January 2025

Afghanistan
Islamic Emirate: We Have Not Received Any Financial Aid from US-Tolo News
Hamdullah Fitrat, deputy spokesperson of the Islamic Emirate, has rejected claims of billions of dollars in US aid to Afghanistan, stating t....

January 09, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Israel , Pakistan , US , economy , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Trump , Bhutan , election , Bangladesh , EU , IMF , PTI , Sri Lanka-China , Myanmar-Russia , Maldives-India relations , Resettlement , Rakhine State , PHPA-I dam , Ngultrum , KKH
Neighborhood News Digest - 06 January 2025

Afghanistan
Blinken: US Foreign Policy toward Afghanistan Will Not Change-Tolo News
Antony Blinken, the US Secretary of State, said that the future administration of Donald Trump will not change US foreign policy toward Afghan....

January 06, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , China , economy , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Uzbekistan , Bhutan , trade , Bangladesh , Tajikistan , Tourism , refugees , UAE , Mining , BNP , Maldives-India relations , GMC , Adani Group , July Proclamation , Guided Missiles , Inward Remittances , PM
Syria is the Game Changer for Big Powers
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Some dates go down in history as unprecedented and unanticipated developments usher in often unexpected and unannounced outcomes. Moreover, wars and their impacts are not unconnected or limited to a particular geography. October 7, 2023 terror attack....

January 02, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Palestine , India , US , China , Iran , Syria , Turkey , Hamas
VIF News Digest : National Security- Defence Studies & Terrorism (01-15 December 2024)

Defence

  1. India and Cambodia Commence Inaugural Joint Table Top Exercise CINBAX.
  2. India-Malaysia Join Military Exercise Commences in Malaysia.
  3. DAC Approves....

    December 23, 2024 Defense, National Security and Terrorism , India , Pakistan , US , Russia , Nepal , Defence , Terrorism , Europe , J&K , Maoists , LWE , Bangladesh , Balochistan , IS , Thailand , Baluchistan , DIA , Malaysia , Bharat , Cyber , Human Trafficking , HM , ICG , Philippine
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