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Neighborhood News Digest – 20 March 2023

Afghanistan Afghanistan: OIC to send Islamic scholars to Kabul, will discuss women’s rights with Taliban – Firstpost With women’s rights in Afghanistan suffering a major setback under the Taliban, the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) has...

March 20 , 2023

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 with the Taliban has...

February 28 , 2023

Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif’s Visit to Beijing and CPEC

Pakistan’s Prime Minister visited China on November 1-2, 2022. Shehbaz Sharif was amongst the first foreign leaders received by Xi Jin Ping soon after the latter got himself an unprecedented third term in office. This was projected in Pakistani...

November 9 , 2022

VIF Neighbourhood News Digest - November 01, 2022

Afghanistan Women Hold Protest for Right to Learn and Work: Tolo News Following calls to reopen girls' schools above sixth grade and employment for women, a group of women staged a protest in Kabul to express their concerns about the continued...

November 2 , 2022

China: Daily Scan, August 18, 2022

Public security ministry reports fraud prevention numbers: China Daily August 17, 2022 The number of filed cases related to telecom and network fraud has decreased for 14 consecutive months since last June, the Ministry of Public Security said on...

August 18 , 2022

Imran Khan’s ouster and changes in POK

Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) elected a new so called ‘Prime Minister’ on April 18th barely a week after Imran Khan Niazi’s ouster in Islamabad. PTI government headed by the outgoing ‘Prime Minister’ Abdul Qayyum Khan Niazi had completed just 9...

June 8 , 2022

China: Daily Scan, May 26, 2022

Xi meets heroes, role models from public security system: Xinhuanet May 25, 2022 Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday met representatives of a meeting commending heroes and role models from the public security system. Xi, also general secretary...

May 26 , 2022

The Boiling Baloch Pot: A Continued Saga of Baloch Resistance

A suicide bombing that killed three Chinese nationals in the Pakistani city of Karachi on April 26, 2022, has sent shock waves throughout the region. Notably, this incident rests on two problematically linked facts. One, this attack took place at...

May 22 , 2022

VIF-JINF Webinar on Strategic Outlook for Indo-Pacific in 2022

The Vivekananda International Foundation organized a joint webinar with the Japan Institute of National Fundamentals (JINF) on 10 February 2022 on Strategic Outlook for Indo-Pacific in 2022. After initial remarks by Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF and...

March 7 , 2022

China’s Future Road to Afghanistan

The lightning speed with which the Taliban took over Afghanistan on August 15, 2021, has enthralled the experts around the globe.1 There are lot of speculations that are taking place, on what went wrong and how even after twenty years of rigorous...

September 3 , 2021