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Shared Waters

Water security has emerged as a critical issue in the Indo-Pacific region, where transboundary rivers of ten symbolise shared lifelines for multiple countries.

The Taliban fiasco a lesson for Pakistan

The Centre for Research and Security Studies states that in 2024 Pakistan had a total of 1,166 terrorist attacks and counter-terrorism operations which resulted in 2,546 fatalities and 2,267 injuries.

Reset in Ties~I

After winning four successive elections in 2008, 2014, 2018 and 2024 in Bangladesh, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina was forced by mass protests to resign and flee to India on 5 August 2024.

Who’s to blame?

Unlike in 2020, when Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus would often speak in defence of China, to the extent of being accused of having danced to Beijing’s tune, his presentation on Thursday is significant not the least because he has urged China to furnish raw data on the origins of the verily catastrophic pandemic.

China and Taliban

Taliban fighters have taken control of large swathes of the country. Although the exact number of districts now under its control is not known, it is believed they now rule in more than a third of Afghanistan’s 421 districts and district centres.