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News and analyses of events and developments related to Afghanistan, Pakistan, China, Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, South East Asia and Middle East

Foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla met Afghan president Hamid Karzai in Kabul on 28 Feb 2020, a day before the signing of the US-Taliban agreement

Afghanistan : Cautious Welcome of US-Taliban Agreement in India

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In a guarded reaction to the peace deal between the US and the Taliban, India said its consistent policy has been to support all...
Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan

Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan

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Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan between the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan which is not recognized by the United States as a state and...
US-Taliban Sign Agreement to End 18-year War

Afghanistan : US-Taliban Sign Agreement to End 18-year War

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The United States signed a deal with the Taliban, on 29 February, that sets the stage to end America's longest war – the nearly...
Mask-clad commuters during morning rush hour at the Shinagawa train station in Tokyo on 28 Feb 2020

Medical Disaster : Coronavirus May Be Worse Than a Natural Disaster

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The world has encountered a deadly virus called 'Coronavirus'. The epicentre of Coronavirus was Wuhan city in China. On Jan. 30, WHO proposed calling...
Retired soldiers disinfect a community in Huaibei, China, on 7 February 2020.

Medical Disaster : Could the Coronavirus Have Leaked From a Chinese Lab?

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The idea of the coronavirus as an escaped weapon has been carried through international news outlets like the British tabloid The Daily Mail and...
PFI North Zone President AS Ismail and committee members called for revenge for the 'unreasonable' arrest of PFI members at a press conference on 5 February 2020.

Internal Security : A Call for Banning the Popular Front of India

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A dossier put together by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has clearly indicted the Popular Front of India (PFI), for its alleged role...
Indonesia-China Natuna Stand-off

INDO-Pacific : Indonesia-China Natuna Stand-off

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In the midst of concerns about tensions in the South China Sea where China continues to abuse the sovereign rights of other countries, international...
US Secretary of Defense Mark T Esper speaking at the Munich Security Conference, 15 February 2020

China : “Pentagon’s Top Concern : China”

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Extracts from a speech by US Secretary of Defense, Mark T. Esper, at the Munich Security Conference, 15 February 2020. “I'd like to speak to...
Pakistan to Continue on FATF’s Grey List

Pakistan : Pakistan to Continue on FATF’s Grey List

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At the plenary of the an inter-governmental body established in 1989 to combat money laundering – Financial Action Task Force (FATF) – in Paris,...
Unpredictable Situation Post-Suleimani Assassination

West Asia : Complex Geopolitical Equations in West Asia

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Since the assassination of Iranian Maj Gen Qassem Suleimani on 3 January 2020, there has been much speculation about US-Iran conflict escalating into a...

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