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Neighborhood News Digest – 26 June 2023

Afghanistan: Clerics call upon Taliban to reopen schools for girls above sixth grade – The Print

Some religious leaders in Parwan province of Afghanistan have called upon the Taliban regime to reopen schools for girls above the sixth gr....

June 26, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Nepal , economy , Bhutan , Nawaz Sharif , LoC , Taliban , Imran Khan , energy , Violence , IMF , Humanitarian aid , UN , Economic crisis , women rights , Suu Kyi , Aid , India-Bangladesh , India-Maldives , PM Prachanda , – Afghanistan , Poppy , SL-China , Saudi-Bangladesh

Ban on Popular Front of India - A Long Overdue Step

… strong legal measures, including a law on radicalization and terror funding are the need of the hour to clearly state that attempts to challenge India’s unity and integrity will be firmly dealt with ... red-lines need to be drawn for the media,....

November 17, 2022 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Governance and Political Studies , Islamist terror , radicalization , Violence , PFI , Popular Front of India , anti-terrorist capabilities , anti-national activities

Myanmar Round-Up: August 2022

In a dismal turn of events, Myanmar’s military chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing extended the state of emergency by another six months. The violence and conflicts continue in the country, especially in the central and western regions. The month....

September 16, 2022 ASEAN , UNSC , Violence , Emergency , Myanmar Round Up , Military Coup , NUG , Human Rights Watch , Whats happening in Myanmar , PDFs , Amnesty International

Afghanistan: What Lies Ahead in 2021?

Dr Yatharth Kachiar Commentary

After a violence-ridden 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Afghanistan is looking ahead at a more turbulent new year as the United States plans for a full troop withdrawal from the country by May 2021. The intra-Afghan dialogue that began in Doha in Se....

January 05, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Commentary , Taliban , Intra-Afghan dialogue , troop withdrawal , Violence , the Afghan government , President Biden , counterterrorism , US-Taliban agreement

Afghanistan at an Inflection Point

Dr Yatharth Kachiar Article

With stalled peace talks in Doha and raging violence in the country, Afghanistan is yet again at an inflection point. The critical question is: whether the Afghans and the international community will be able to find a sustainable and peaceful solut....

November 27, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , India , US , Taliban , EU , Peace talks , Ceasefire , troop withdrawal , Violence , Geneva Conference , Donor's conference

The Maoists, Violence, and their ‘Alternate Revolutionary Programme’

Dr Uddipan Mukherjee Article

As human beings distance away from each other to deny the corona virus any additional mass and volume, the left-wing insurgents in India's dense jungles converge into south Bastar in central India from neighbouring provinces as well as from Nepal

May 06, 2020 Leftwing Extremism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , Maoists , Violence , ideology , Charu Mazumdar , CPI (M) , Lenin , Marx , Mao Tse-tung , New Democratic State , dictatorship of the proletariat

Insights from Sri Ramakrishna

Dr Arpita Mitra Article

Indian scriptures and texts contain a rich fund of ideas that can help us navigate through the practical-moral labyrinth of life. Modern saints continue to illumine our minds with insightful solutions to ethical problems. No exception in this respect....

March 26, 2020 Historical and Civilisational Studies , Article , strategy , dharma , ethics , Sri Ramakrishna , Evil , Violence