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Neighborhood News Digest- 10 April 2024

Afghanistan
Strategic Meeting Held to Find Alternative Trade Avenues: Ministry-Tolo News
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce said that in the first meeting to explore alternate trade routes for Afghanistan with its regional ....

April 10, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Chabahar Port , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Media , IMF , instability , Inflation , UN , PTI , coup , PML (N) , PPP , Monarchy , global warming , Bangladesh Economy , debt restructuring , HRW , Bhutan Economy , Thailand-Myanmar , RMG , Afghan refugees , Maldives-India relations , Maldives Tourism , Brazil-Bangladesh , Sri Lankan Presidential Election , Labour Force Participation , Gender disparity , Wakhan , Foreign Labours , Finance Ministry , Daanish Schools , Islamabad Bar Council , Israel-Gaza Conflict , War Heroes
India-China Relations: Envisioning the Long Haul!
Lt Gen (Dr) Rakesh Sharma (Retd.), Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Hu Xijin the former editor of Global Times on X (formerly Twitter) quoted a senior Colonel of PLA stating ‘Zangnan has been Chinese territory since ancient times. Where does Arunachal Pradesh come from? If a border war does break out, India will....

April 08, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Article , US , China , Indian Ocean Region , Border management , Indian Navy , Trade Deficit , Arunachal Pradesh , Corps Commander level talks
Neighborhood News Digest - 08 April 2024

Afghanistan
Taliban erects Kandahar Mosque walls amid potential ISIS threat to Hibatullah Akhundzada-The Khama Press
According to local media reports, the Taliban is constructing security walls or T-walls around the Eidgah Mos....

April 08, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , economy , Maldives , Australia , Sri Lanka , Bhutan , BRICS , India-Nepal , Saudi Arabia , Bangladesh , Taliban , World Bank , Mount Everest , Drone attack , India-Myanmar , Maldives-India relations , Sikh , Foreign Debt , Brazil-Bangladesh , 55th Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council , Hibatullah Akhundzada , Non-Hydro
Neighborhood News Digest - 02 April 2024

Afghanistan
CNN: ‘Taliban’s Pashto chauvinism helps ISIS-K’ recruitment from other ethnic groups-The Khama Press
Edmund Fitton-Brown, a senior adviser to the New York-based Counter Extremism Project, told CNN that ISIS-K....

April 02, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , economy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Taliban , Cyber Security , Remittances , Inflation , UN , Civil war , PTI , Nepal-China , Nepal-India , Myanmar-India , Katchatheevu island , India-Out Campaign , Historical Artefacts , Omar Ayub , Visa-Free entry , Anti-Defection Law
Neighborhood News Digest- 28 March 2024

Afghanistan
Hekmatyar's 'Honor and Dignity' Intact: Mujahid-Tolo News
Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesperson for the Islamic Emirate, said that the residence of the leader of the Hezb-e-Islami, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar was a subject ....

March 28, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , China , Maldives , Afghanistan , Bhutan , trade , Bangladesh , IMF , Nepal-China , Maldives-India , Nepal-India , Myanmar-India , Afghan refugees , Maldives-Turkey Relations , India-SriLanka , SriLanka-China , Hekmatyar , Pirates , Hijacking , Tranche , : Maldives-China , Armed Forces Day.
Neighborhood News Digest- 22 March 2024

Afghanistan
Explosion in first district of Kandahar city leaves 21 dead, 50 injured-The Khama Press
According to sources from Mirwais Hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan, it was claimed that in the explosion on Thursday in the f....

March 22, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , China , Nepal , Afghanistan , Bhutan , elections , Bangladesh , Racial discrimination , Imran Khan , Srilanka , Azerbaijan , IMF , Italy , UN , Sheikh Hasina , Drones , Shehbaz Sharif , Kandahar , Aragalaya , World Happiness Report , PM Visit , Agreement , Maldives-Turkey , Rohingyas.
How Real is the Possibility of India-China and India-Pakistan Conflict in 2024
Amb JK Tripathi Commentary

The “Annual Threat Assessment Report” released by the US Directorate of National Intelligence on 11th March is being widely discussed these days as it has warned that the escalation of tension between India and China in one theatre and India and ....

March 21, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , India , Pakistan , China , War , US Intelligence Report
Neighborhood News Digest- 14 March 2024

Afghanistan

Mujahid: Lack of Intl Recognition a Cause of Delay in Formalizing Cabinet-Tolo News
Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman for the Islamic Emirate, told TOLO news that the lack of recognition of the Islamic Emirate and ....

March 14, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , China , ASEAN , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Uzbekistan , Bhutan , military base , Bangladesh , Imran Khan , SAARC , IMF , UN , PTI , Kandahar , US-Myanmar , Forex , Poppy , ECP , China-Maldives Relations , Bhutan-India Relations , Vote of Confidence , Rohingya Refugees , Hijacked Ship
China is Raising Tensions in the Taiwan Strait
Jayadeva Ranade Commentary

Tension across the Taiwan Strait has increased since Taiwan's pro-independence Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) won the Presidential elections for the third consecutive time in January 2024. The victory of the DPP's Lai Ching-te clearly signalled t....

March 14, 2024 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Commentary , China , Taiwan , CCP , DPP , PLA , KMT , Kinmen , Quemoy , reunification
Neighborhood News Digest- 12 March 2024

Afghanistan
Iran, Afghan Border Officials Hold Meeting in Islam Qala- Tolo News
The Islamic Emirate reported a bilateral meeting was held between Kabul and Tehran border officials in Islam Qala. The spokesman of the Islamic Em....

March 12, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Nepal , Maldives , Iran , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Finance Minister , IMF , WTO , Rohingya , UN , Rakhine , drug trafficking , Cabinet , SLPP , LDC , Coalition Government , Electoral Change , BGP , Smuggling , Indian Soldiers in Maldives
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