Pakistan-Afghanistan Border

Protests Erupt as Pakistan Imposes Cross-Border Travel Ban with Afghanistan

In November 2023, the Pakistani government announced a ban on cross-border travel with Afghanistan, marking a dramatic change in decades-old travel norms for the region. The new decree requires residents passing through the Spin Boldak–Chaman crossing to produce passports and...
Bangladesh Armed Forces

Bangladesh’s Defense Strategy Faces a Crossroad: Reevaluating Chinese Arms Reliance

The Armed Forces of Bangladesh (AFB) have increasingly faced challenges due to the poor quality of Chinese-imported arms and weapons. This growing concern threatens military readiness and poses a significant risk to national security. The situation underscores the need for...

Asian Countries: List, Capitals, Currency, and Population

Asia, the largest continent on Earth, is a diverse and culturally rich region encompassing a vast array of countries, each with its own unique identity. Asia's geopolitical landscape involves exploring its countries, their capitals, currencies, and populations. This essay provides...
SCO anti-terrorism exercise

SCO First Joint Anti-Terrorism Drill: A Unified Front Against Global Terrorism

The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) recently held its inaugural joint anti-terrorism drill in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, marking a significant milestone in the organization's efforts to combat global terrorism. The large-scale exercise, named Anti-terrorism Interaction-2024, featured live forces...
Balakot-strikes-IAF, India

South Asia’s Nuclear Scenario After Five Years of Balakot

India has conducted air strikes inside Pakistani territory in Balakot for almost five years, following the Pulwama attack in 2019. The attack, which resulted in the death of 44 security personnel, sparked a significant military conflict between South Asia's two...
Myanmar Kokang Rebels

Myanmar’s Kokang Rebels and the Fall of Laukkaing

Myanmar's pro-democracy ethnic armed organisation (EAO) has successfully pushed out the Junta forces from the entire Kokang region in the Shan State, bordering China's Yunnan Province. The EAO's main goal was to take control of Laukkaing, the principal township of...
Iran

What is the significance of Iran’s ‘Resistance Front’ in South Asia?

The ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza has reached 55 days, with no breakthrough in sight. Tensions are expanding beyond the Israel-Palestine border, particularly where Iran-supported militias are forming a'resistance' narrative. Recent attacks on commercial ships through the...
US-Pakistan.

Pakistan’s CISMOA Renewal: Assessing Implications of US

Islamabad, Pakistan Pakistan has renewed its Communication and Information Security Memorandum of Agreement (CISMOA) with the United States, raising concerns both domestically and internationally. This renewal has significant implications for Pakistan's national security, regional standing, and relationship with the U.S....
Taliban

Why Has Afghanistan Bеcomе a Sanctuary for Jihadist Groups?

Kabul, Afghanistan Thе withdrawal of Unitеd Statеs and NATO forcеs from Afghanistan has lеd to an alarming rеsurgеncе of Afghanistan as a sanctuary for jihadist groups. Thе country, oncе a hub for global countеrtеrrorism еfforts, is now at thе crossroads...
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The Political Landscape of South Asia

South Asia, comprising еight countries, is a rеgion of immеnsе political complеxity and divеrsity. Each country has its own uniquе political history, challеngеs, and dynamics, shaping thе rеgion's political landscapе. Thе rеgion's history of еmpirеs, colonization, and rеsistancе movеmеnts has...
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