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India’s Strategic Diplomacy: Navigating India’s Engagement with the Taliban Regime in Afghanistan

Following the visit of an Indian delegation to Afghanistan in March 2024, there was much speculation across academia as well as policy circles on India’s relations with the present government in Afghanistan, as India embarked on expanding its engag....

Neighborhood News Digest - 08 April 2024

Afghanistan
Taliban erects Kandahar Mosque walls amid potential ISIS threat to Hibatullah Akhundzada-The Khama Press
According to local media reports, the Taliban is constructing security walls or T-walls around the Eidgah Mos....

Neighborhood News Digest - 02 April 2024

Afghanistan
CNN: ‘Taliban’s Pashto chauvinism helps ISIS-K’ recruitment from other ethnic groups-The Khama Press
Edmund Fitton-Brown, a senior adviser to the New York-based Counter Extremism Project, told CNN that ISIS-K....

Neighborhood News Digest- 06 February 2024

Afghanistan
Posting of UN Special Envoy for Afghanistan against UN Law: Mujahid- Tolo News
The Islamic Emirate spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said that the appointment of the UN special envoy for Afghanistan—a vacancy approved ....

Neighbourhood News Digest - 01 February 2024

Afghanistan
China quietly expanding influence in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan – The Hindu
While most of the world treats Afghanistan's Taliban government as a pariah, China is growing diplomatic and economic links — and Kabul....

Neighbourhood News Digest- 31 January 2024

Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s neighbours reluctant to prioritize Afghan women’s rights, says ICG-The Khama Press
In a recent report, the International Crisis Group reports that regional authorities are not inclined to emphasiz....

Taliban Interim Administration: A Review of its Regional Engagements in 2023

Introduction
The year 2023 marks the second anniversary of the Taliban’s return to power in Kabul. After more than two years of the takeover, Afghanistan is still in the middle of a deep humanitarian crisis and a grappling economy amids....

Neighborhood News Digest- 17 January 2024

Afghanistan
Wakhan Corridor officially connects Afghanistan to China: Taliban- The Khama Press
A report from Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province confirms that Afghanistan is now officially linked to China via the Badakhshan pr....

Neighborhood News Digest – 16 January 2024

Afghanistan
Torkham Crossing Blocked for 3rd Day, Drivers Call for Its Reopening- Tolo News
Following the blockage of Torkham crossing for three consecutive days, truck drivers called on the Islamic Emirate and Pakistani to si....

Neighborhood News Digest- 09 January 2024

Afghanistan
Islamic Emirate’s PM Meets Pakistan’s Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman- Tolo News
The Islamic Emirate’s Prime Minister, Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, received the Pakistani delegation led by Maulana Fazl-ur-Rehman, th....

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