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VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 01-15 September 2022

DEFENCE
“Victory Day” Parade: One year of a Pyrrhic Victory for the Taliban
Soumya Awasthi Article

The impact of the Taliban’s one-year rule in Afghanistan differs across regions and countries. The impression on South Asia was more distinct than on any other region. In South Asia, Pakistan and Afghanistan bore the burden of the Taliban’s takeo....

August 18, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , Pakistan , Afghanistan , Kabul , Terrorism , South Asia , Southeast Asia , ISI , ISKP , Haqqani network , TTP , Uzbek , Victory Parade , One Year of Taliban , Taliban 2.0 , Akhundzada , Baradar , Kandahar , Quetta Shura , Tajik , Zabiullah
VIF News Digest: National Security - Defence Studies & Terrorism, 16-30 June 2022

DEFENCE
IPIS-VIF Dialogue on Latest Developments in Afghanistan

India and Iran share close historical and cultural links dating back to ancient times. In contemporary times, this relationship is multi-faceted and includes cooperation in political, trade-economic, security, and multiple other sectors. To assess th....

January 24, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Conferences , Kabul , Afghan Taliban
West Asia Roundup -August 2021

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Fast moving events in Afghanistan captured the regional and global attention as US forces withdrew in an unprecedented manner shortening their own timelines ceding space to Taliban as the Afghan national forces crumbled. Ta....

September 09, 2021 Israel , Pakistan , China , Russia , Kabul , Qatar , Saudi , Doha , Osama Bin Laden , West Asia Round Up
Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor, 09 August - 15 August 2021

Economic
Big Tech rolls on as investors shrug off regulatory pressure
Pressure is rising for Big Tech firms, signalling tougher regulation in Washington and elsewhere that could lead to the breakup of the largest platforms. But yo....

August 17, 2021 Kabul , Economic , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , Biden , Global Develoment , China -Russia
Taliban Faultlines: Pakistan’s ISI Elevates Haqqani Network Front And Centre
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NEW DELHI: The Taliban may have forced the U.S. and NATO forces to withdraw from Afghanistan but there is no guarantee that it will have a free run post-September, long time watchers of the country say. Pakistan’s ISI, suspicious of the Taliban’s....

May 31, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , US , Kabul , Taliban , NATO , Haqqani network , Ghazni , Oruzgan
Afghanistan: Status of Doha Agreement and the Way Forward
Amb Amar Sinha Article

To mark one year of the Doha Agreement between the US and the Taliban, signed on 29 February 2020 in Doha, the Vivekananda International Foundation in collaboration with a prominent Kabul based think tank, Afghans Institute for Strategic St....

March 04, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , India , Pakistan , Afghanistan , Kabul , NATO , Shia , ANDSF , Doha Agreement , Hanafi , US options
Islamic State Attack on Kabul Gurdwara Raises Several Questions
Anurag Sharma, Senior Research Associate, VIF Article

Amid the ongoing global panic caused by Coronavirus (aka Covid-19), the Sikh and Hindu communities in Kabul were subjected to the mortifying experience of the killing of their loved ones, not from Covid-19 pandemic, but the “ugly monster” of terr....

April 13, 2020 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Article , India , Pakistan , Afghanistan , Kabul , Islamic State , IS-KP , ISKP , Khurasan Khorasan , Gurdwara Attack
Commentary: The Tapi Pipeline: Economics vs Politics
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Commentary

In February 2018, leaders from Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India inaugurated the 1700 km Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) pipeline. Functions were held in Serhetabat and Herat with the leaders expressing hope that trade and ....

March 23, 2018 Economic Studies , Commentary , India , Pakistan , TAPI , Tapi Pipeline , Afghanistan , Kabul , Internal Security , TAPI security
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