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Neighborhood News Digest – 22 June 2023

Afghanistan
Forcefully Displacing, Relocating Ethnic Groups Should be Stopped in Afghanistan: CSTO – The Khaama Press
The foreign ministers of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) demanded that the forced disp....

June 22, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , Nepal , Maldives , Afghanistan , Bhutan , International Yoga Day , Imran Khan , UNGA , Inflation , UN , TTP , Nasheed , Manipur Violence , Sri Lanka China , Myanmar-India , Ethnic groups , Wheat
Neighborhood News Digest – 09 June 2023

Afghanistan
The Growing Threat of the Islamic State in Afghanistan and South Asia – United States Institute of Peace
When the Taliban took control of Afghanistan in 2021, counterterrorism experts were alarmed at the possibl....

June 09, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , Afghanistan , Islamic State , Bhutan , Pakistan Army , Taliban , Imran Khan , UN , FTA , TTP , Jaishankar , Rohingyas , Bangladesh Economy , Israel-Myanmar , Solar energy , Myanmar-China , KPK , PM Prachanda , Sikh refugees , India-EU , Drug Prices , Sri Lanka-Thailand , SL Women , Sl-Maldives , Lawyers
Neighborhood News Digest – 06 March 2023

Afghanistan
Iran opens trade center, permanent exhibition in Kabul – Tehran Times
Iran’s trade center and permanent exhibition of Iranian products was inaugurated in Kabul on Sunday, the Iranian Embassy in Afghanistan announc....

March 06, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , US , ASEAN , economy , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Nepal politics , Bhutan , India-Nepal , election , Security , Taliban , Ukraine , Imran Khan , G20 , IMF , UN , Pakistan Economy , Germany , women rights , TTP , counterterrorism , Doha Agreement , Bhutan politics , Bhutan India , US-Myanmar , local elections , Bangladesh-India , Rupee and Taka , Cox's Bazar
Neighborhood News Digest – 28 February 2023

Afghanistan
Why India is cautiously engaging with the Taliban regime in Afghanistan -Scroll
In February, the Indian budget for 2023 allocated Rs 200 crore in aid to Afghanistan. It was an indication of how far India’s engagement....

February 28, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , China , Protests , economy , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Terrorism , Bhutan , India-Nepal , CPEC , Bangladesh , Amnesty , TTP , USDP , Argentina , China-Myanmar , Dual Citizenship , Political instability , Khalid Zia , UNP , Maldives-Singapore
Neighborhood News Digest – 24 February 2023

Afghanistan
Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing shut after brief reopening – The Times of India
akistan shut down a key border crossing with Afghanistan just hours after it was reopened on Thursday, officials said, the latest ....

February 24, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , Nepal , Myanmar , Afghanistan , technology , Nepal politics , Terrorism , Bhutan , Pakistan politics , Bangladesh , Taliban , Rohingya , Pakistan Economy , TTP , NUG , Adani , Maldives-India , Nepal-India , BNP , AL , Afghan Economy , India Pakistan , Electricity-Adani , Maldives satellite , Sri Lanka Election
Neighborhood News Digest – 20 February 2023

Afghanistan
'Efforts Continue to Resume World Bank Projects in Afghanistan': MoF – Tolo News
The Islamic Emirate's Ministry of Finance said that efforts are being made to resume World Bank projects in Afghanistan following Davi....

February 20, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Nepal politics , Bhutan , trade , elections , Taliban , SAARC , UK , Inflation , Pakistan Economy , TTP , junta , Nepal Economy , Bhutan Economy , Bangladesh-India , Maldives Democratic Party (MDP) , Visa , B20 , 13A , International Centre of Buddhist.
Neighborhood News Digest – 17 February 2023

Afghanistan
US weapons left in Afghanistan are becoming a new threat to Pakistan and India | OPINION – India Today
Approximately, $7 billion of military equipment the US transferred to Afghan Defense Forces over 16 years was le....

February 17, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , China , economy , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Constitution , Pakistan politics , elections , India-Nepal , election , Taliban , Inflation , UN , Pakistan Economy , Hasina , Civil war , Environment , TTP , BNP , Bhutan politics , Bhutan Economy , AL , Bangladesh-US , Afghanistan Economy , China-Nepal , Nepal Plane Crash , Sea Level Rise , Myanmar-Japan
Peshawar Mosque Attack: “Snake Bites its Snake Charmer”
Anurag Sharma, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

कर्म प्रधान विश्व रचि राखा। जो जस करहि सो तस फल चाखा।।

(translation: Deeds are of supreme importance in this universe. Whatever a person does, he is pu....

February 08, 2023 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , India , Pakistan , Afghanistan , Islamic State , ISIS , Taliban , TTP , Extremism , Bharat , Al Qaida , Islamic Terror , JuA , ISI Terrorism
Peshawar Bombing likely to Heighten Stress in Pakistan-Taliban Relations
Dr Anwesha Ghosh Article

Taliban’s triumph in Afghanistan in August 2021 was seen as a strategic victory for Pakistan. But the initial euphoria considerably withered away in the course of the following months, by the general drift in the Pakistan-Taliban relations. Two fac....

February 06, 2023 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Pakistan , Article , Pakistan , Afghanistan , Durand Line , TTP , Afghan Taliban , Peshawar bombing , terrorist attack
Neighborhood News Digest – 06 February 2023

Afghanistan
Days After Peshawar Blast, Pak Teams to Ask Afghan Taliban to 'Rein in' TTP – The Wire
Days after the January 30 suicide bomb attack at Peshawar which killed 100 people, Dawn has reported that Pakistan will ask the ....

February 06, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , US , Russia , ASEAN , economy , Afghanistan , Kashmir , Bhutan , Qatar , Af-Pak , Tourism , UK , IMF , Pakistan Economy , TTP , Nepal-China , Bhutan politics , India-Myanmar , Sri Lanka-India , Quetta , Blast , Indo-Bhutan , Pervez Musharraf , Attack , Indo-Pak , EU-Nepal , Transparency International , Bangladesh-Pakistan , Rice Import , 50 Buses , Economic Assistance
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