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Pakistan Unlikely to Succeed in Bid to Encircle Afghanistan

3rd January, 2025 · admin

Michael Hughes: Islamabad appears to be laying the groundwork for regional partnerships to strangle Afghanistan from all sides as tensions escalate with the Taliban over cross-border attacks resulting in decade-high deaths of Pakistani troops. However, although Pakistan has found a willing ally in Tajikistan, it will be harder to secure cooperation from other actors in

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Posted in Central Asia, NRF - National Resistance Front, Opinion/Editorial, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Political News, Security, Tajikistan-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban | Tags: Taliban blowback, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan |
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CSTO warns of terrorist threats from Afghanistan persist

8th November, 2024 · admin

Khaama: The Secretary-General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) warned that the risk of terrorism spreading in Central Asia remains persistent. Imangali Tasmagambetov emphasized that the CSTO continues to monitor the challenges and threats emanating from Afghanistan. On Thursday, November 7, Russia’s state news agency TASS reported that Tasmagambetov, referring to Afghanistan, stated that

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Posted in Central Asia, Security | Tags: Destabilization of Central Asia, Taliban Security Failure |
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Lavrov says West making pretexts for resuming military presence in Central Asia

1st November, 2024 · admin

Ariana: The United States and its allies are making pretexts for resuming their military presence in Afghanistan, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said. Speaking at the Second Minsk International Conference on Eurasian Security in Minsk, Lavrov said that the US and its allies are trying to destablize the situation in Afghanistan. Earlier, Lavrov had said

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Posted in Al-Qaeda, Central Asia, ISIS/DAESH, Russia-Afghanistan Relations, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Destabilization of Central Asia, US aiding ISIS |
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Afghanistan Looks to Iran, India, Central Asia Amid Trade War With Pakistan

5th October, 2024 · admin

Michael Hughes: Afghanistan’s trade with Pakistan has plummeted since the rise of the Taliban 2.0 regime, driven by political rows and security issues, and to compensate Kabul is hoping to enhance commerce with Iran, India, and neighbors across Central Asia. Tensions between Afghanistan and Pakistan have resulted in closure of trade routes and stiff tariffs

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Posted in Central Asia, Economic News, India-Afghanistan Relations, Iran-Afghanistan Relations, Opinion/Editorial, Taliban | Tags: Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanakzai |
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Stanikzai Threatens Islamabad To Close Central Asia Route For Pakistani Goods

3rd October, 2024 · admin

Afghanistan International: Abbas Stanikzai, the Taliban’s deputy foreign minister, expressed concern regarding the problems in exporting Afghan traders’ products and threatened Pakistan that it will close the Central Asian route for Pakistani goods. Stanikzai said at a meeting in Logar province on Wednesday that they face problems at the borders when Afghanistan’s crops come to

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Posted in Central Asia, Economic News, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanakzai |
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Afghanistan’s Neighbors Seek Stability, Not Another Civil War

26th September, 2024 · admin

James Durso: Ahmad Massoud, the leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, recently declared he will defeat the Taliban “no matter the odds.”  For Massoud to mount a military threat to the Taliban, he would need the cooperation of the Central Asian republics, Iran or Pakistan (among others) to do the job. However, Afghanistan’s

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Posted in Anti-Taliban Resistance, Central Asia, Political News, Taliban | Tags: Ahmad Massoud |
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Central Asia’s High-Stakes Gamble With The Taliban

22nd September, 2024 · admin

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Farangis Najibullah Khursand Khurramov September 22, 2024 Central Asian countries are taking steps to broaden relations with their southern neighbor, the Taliban-led Afghanistan, despite the hard-line group’s increasingly restrictive policies, particularly toward women. Kyrgyzstan removed the Taliban from its list of terrorist organizations earlier this month, Turkmenistan resumed work with Afghanistan

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Posted in Central Asia, Economic News, Political News, Tajikistan-Afghanistan Relations, Uzbekistan-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Afghanistan-Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan-Afghanistan Relations, Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline |
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Uzbekistan opens free economic zone on Afghan border

19th September, 2024 · admin

By Navbahor Imamova VOA News September 18, 2024 Termez, Uzbekistan — Afghans longing for closer connections with the outside world are finding an outlet in the border city of Termez, where neighboring Uzbekistan invites them to visit a new international trade center aimed at boosting regional trade and creating business opportunities. “It’s uplifting to be here, as

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Posted in Central Asia, Economic News, Uzbekistan-Afghanistan Relations |
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What Does Al-Qaeda’s Return to Afghanistan Mean?

16th September, 2024 · admin

8am: One analysis suggests that given the developments in the Russia-Ukraine war, Western powers, especially the U.S., may be seeking to exploit al-Qaeda and other Central Asian militant groups to undermine Russian interests. After the September 11 attacks, the U.S. significantly weakened al-Qaeda and eliminated many of its senior leaders, but it either did not

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Posted in Al-Qaeda, Central Asia, Russia-Afghanistan Relations, Taliban, US-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Destabilization of Central Asia, Secret alliance between Taliban and US |
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Afghanistan, Turkmenistan begin work on long-delayed gas pipeline

11th September, 2024 · admin

Ayaz Gul VOA News September 11, 2024 ISLAMABAD — Taliban-ruled Afghanistan and neighboring Turkmenistan on Wednesday marked the resumption of work on a long-delayed gas pipeline designed to run through the two countries, Pakistan and India. The estimated $10 billion Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India, or TAPI, project is designed to annually transport up to 33 billion cubic meters of

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Posted in Central Asia, Economic News, Taliban | Tags: Turkmenistan-Afghanistan Relations, Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline |
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