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Neighborhood News Digest – 10 October 2023

Afghanistan

2 Pakistan soldiers, 5 insurgents killed in shootout on border with Afghanistan – The Tribune

A group of Pakistani Taliban ambushed troops during an operation against insurgents on the border with Afghanistan on ....

October 10, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Border , Terrorism , Bhutan , India-Nepal , Imran Khan , World Bank , IMF , Digital Currency , Indonesia , Gen Bajwa , NUG , earthquake , SSB , India-Myanmar , Airlines , Sri Lanka- Maldives , Israel-Hamas , QUAD.

Neighbourhood News digest – 27 April 2023

Afghanistan

UN agency: Afghanistan needs $4.62 billion in aid for 2023 - Yahoo

Afghanistan needs $4.62 billion in humanitarian aid from the international community this year for nearly 24 million people in need, the U.N.'s humanit....

April 27, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Nepal , economy , Indo-Pacific , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Saudi Arabia , Tourism , Covid , IMF , UN , Exports , UAE , Gen Bajwa , Prachanda , border issue , Commonwealth , India-Myanmar , Bangladesh-India , RSP , Bangladesh-Japan , Rupee , NRI , Japan-Myanmar , Children , Pakistan Chief

Pakistan: The Appointment of the New COAS and the End of the Long March

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Pakistan government announced the appointment of General Asim Munir as the new Army chief on Friday. General Sahir Shamshad Mirza was appointed Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. The army chief’s appointment is always watched with eno....

November 30, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , economy , ISI , Imran Khan , PTI , Gen Bajwa , Long March , Shehbaz Sharif , Asim Munir

Pakistan: Appointment of New Army Chief

Rana Banerji Article

After much delay and deliberate attempts by former Prime Minister Imran Khan to make the issue controversial, Lt. Gen Syed Asim Munir Shah, Frontier Force Regiment, was appointed Pakistan’s new Army Chief on Nov 24. A lingering `technical issue’ ....

November 29, 2022 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , India , Taliban , Imran Khan , PTI , Gen Bajwa , TTP , Shahbaz Sharif , Asim Munir Shah

The Situation in Pakistan: Pressure Building on the Imran Khan Government

Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Commentary

Imran Khan government is on a slippery slope. The trust between the government and the army has been dented on the curious case of the appointment of the new DG ISI. The two sides are no longer on the same ‘page’. This spells trouble for the gove....

November 16, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , FATF , Gen Bajwa , TTP , TLP , DG ISI

Terror Revelations from Pakistan

Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

On 29 October Fawad Chaudhry, Minister for Science & Technology while speaking in the National Assembly, boasted that the Imran Khan government was responsible for the Pulwama attack in Jammu and Kashmir that had taken place in February 2019. The Pul....

November 02, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , Terrorism , NIA , JeM , ISPR , Pulwama , Fawad Chaudhury , Gen Bajwa , Pakistan Democratic Movement