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From Kabul to Khyber: Tracing the Shift in Poppy Cultivation from Afghan Fields to Pakistan’s Borderlands
Dr Angana Kotokey, Research Associate, VIF

Poppy cultivation in Afghanistan and Pakistan is not a recent development; it has been practiced for decades and remains a vital source of livelihood for many in the region. Its expansion can largely be attributed to the failure of state...

May 21, 2025 Download
Tags: Afghan Farmers, Afghanistan, Afghanistan, Ban on Poppy Farming, Clandestine Networks, Drug trade, Geopolitics, Pakistan, Poppy Cultivation, Taliban, Neighbourhood Studies
India-Central Asia: Defence and Security Cooperation
Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF

Central Asia has emerged as an important geopolitical space after the disintegration of the Soviet Union in 1991. Its geostrategic location at the crossroads of East and West, South, Central, and West Asia has often resulted in the spread of...

February 28, 2022 Download
Tags: Afghanistan, Central Asia, Defence Expo, Defence production, Delhi declaration, India-Central Asia Dialogue, India-Central Asia Summit, Kazakhstan, Kazind, Khanjar, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Taliban, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, International Relations and Diplomacy
Tracking the Money Trail: Islamic Terror Groups in South Asia
Rhea Sinha

South Asia has been plagued by Islamic terrorism for decades. An increasingly hostile political environment and the prolonged conflict in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Jammu & Kashmir has enabled terror organisations to thrive because of the...

September 15, 2021 Download
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Af-Pak region, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, International Relations and Diplomacy, International Security, Neighbourhood studies, Pakistan, Terror Financing, Terrorism, Terrorism
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