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Neighborhood News Digest- 07 May 2024

Afghanistan
OIC Calls for Inclusive Govt, Human Rights Protection in Afghanistan-Tolo News
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation in its final statement of its 15th session of the Islamic State Conference asked for the establ....

May 07, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Indo-Pacific , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Climate Change , Bhutan , India-Nepal , Saudi Arabia , Tehran , Bangladesh , Tourism , OIC , Islamic Emirate , Humanitarian Crisis , India-Myanmar , India-Sri Lanka , Maldives-India relations , Nepal-Russia , Military conscription , Rohingya Refugees , Kazan , Pakistan. PTI , SIC , Boundary Dispute
Neighborhood News Digest- 06 May 2024

Afghanistan
Afghan Delegation Attends the 15th OIC Summit in Gambia-Tolo News
The Islamic Emirate says that a delegation from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs participated in the 15th summit of the Organization of Islamic Coope....

May 06, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Nepal , economy , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Japan , Saudi Arabia , Tourism , OIC , refugees , IMF , Gambia , Bilawal Bhutto , India Pakistan , Afghan Delegation , Kissan Protest , Maldives-India Bilateral High-Level Core Group Meeting , Black Merlin , Nepal-Japan Bilateral Talk , - Bangladesh
Key Changes in India’s Approach Towards West Asia over the Last ten Years: From Link West to Act West
Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi took over the reins of India in 2014, there were some concerns within the Arab and the Muslim world that India’s foreign policy will tilt towards Israel at the expense of the Palestinian cause and historic relation....

April 30, 2024 West Asia , Israel , India , China , GCC , West Asia , OIC , Red Sea , I2U2 , IMEC , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy , Reflections on PM Narendra Modi's Foreign Policy
Neighborhood News Digest- 24 April 2024

Afghanistan
OIC urges lift on Afghan women’s education, employment restrictions-The Khaama Press
The media center announced the meeting between Tariq Ali Bakheet, the special representative of the Organization of Islamic Coo....

April 24, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , economy , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Thailand , Doha , OIC , IMF , Badakhshan , Human Rights , Ebrahim Raisi , Shehbaz Sharif , India-Out Campaign , Parliamentary elections 2024 , Political; Prisoners , Sustainable Tiger Financing
Neighborhood News Digest- 22 April 2024

Afghanistan
Kabul Requests Invite to OIC Meeting in Gambia-Tolo News
The Islamic Emirate has requested the participation of a representative from the interim government at the upcoming Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)....

April 22, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , China , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Nepal politics , Bhutan , Saudi Arabia , Bangladesh , Presidential election , OIC , India-Bangladesh , BNP , India-Myanmar , Myanmar-Bangladesh , India-Sri Lanka , Airstrikes , Sirajuddin Haqqani , Inclusive Economic Growth , Ramayana Trail , Privatisation , Bhutan High Income Economy , Parliamentary elections 2024 , Myanmar-Thailand , Avalanches
Neighborhood News Digest- 06 March 2024

Afghanistan
Islamic Emirate Army Chief: US Controls Afghan Airspace-Tolo News
The Chief of Army Staff of the Islamic Emirate says that Afghanistan's airspace is still under the control of the United States. Speaking in an excl....

March 06, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Maldives , UNSC , Sri Lanka , President , BSF , Qatar , Bangladesh , OIC , IMF , UN Human Rights Council , Islamic Emirate , PTI , Nepal-China , HRW , Martial Law , EXIM China , Power Grid , Common Currency , Election Commission of Pakistan , Office for International Military Cooperation of China , Environmental Resilience , ICIMOD
Neighborhood News Digest – 15 December 2023

Afghanistan
Pakistan punishes Kabul with Sirajuddin Haqqani ‘Disclosure’-The Khama Press
Pakistan has let out its worst-kept secret that the top mujahideen personnel of its anti-Russian and, later, anti-US campaigns in Afg....

December 15, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , US , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Bhutan , Pakistan Elections , OIC , refugees , Bangladesh Election , National Day , coup , China-Myanmar , Human Trafficking , Bilawal Bhutto , UNP , Afghan refugees , PM Kakar , Chinese Research Vessel , SJB , Sirajuddin Haqqani , Humanitarian , Budget 2024 , Hydrographic Surveys , Women Empowerment.
The Turkish Exception to India's Forays in West Asia
Md. Muddassir Quamar Commentary

The West Asia region is considered an “extended neighbourhood” in Indian foreign policy discourse. Since recalibrating its foreign policy in the 1990s, this important region has found a coveted place in India’s external outreach. Consequently, ....

July 27, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Commentary , OIC , I2U2 , AKP , Pakistan factor
Erdogan Consolidates Power in Turkey with Third Win: India needs to be Watchful
Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The unprecedented third term that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan won during the second round of presidential elections has attracted considerable media attention in India and Europe. Before the first round of elections held on 14 May, opinion....

June 05, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , NATO , Erdogan , OIC , G-20 , Ukraine War , missile defence system , Kilicdaroglu , Bosporus Strait , strategic location
VIF Neighbourhood News Digest - December 12, 2022

Afghanistan
Clashes Occur Across Durand Line at Spin Boldak: Tolo News
Clashes between the forces of the Islamic Emirate and Pakistan military happened along the Durand Line in Spin Boldak port, a spokesman told TOLOnews. Ha....

December 12, 2022 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Nepal , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Japan , elections , Election Commission , Imran Khan , OIC , IMF , Indonesia , Durand Line , Budget , junta , Drought , BNP , AL , Economic and Political (In)Stability , External Power , RBI-MMA , Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) , Shanakiyan Rasamanickam. , Chaman
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