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Neighbourhood News Digest - 02 July 2025

Afghanistan

Kabulov: Russia Should Arm the Taliban against ISIS-Tolo News

Zamir Kabulov, Russia’s special presidential envoy for Afghanistan, has called the Islamic Emirate government in Kabul an "Objective partner"in the fi....

July 02, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , Russia , Maldives , Myanmar , Afghanistan , Bhutan , ISIS , Gwadar , Azerbaijan , India-Bhutan Relations , IWT , Sagaing Region , Maldives Invest Forum , Oslo Forum 2025

Pakistan’s Growing Baloch Problem

Rajesh Singh Article

The Baloch people must have followed with interest and some level of satis-faction the successful Operation Sindoor launched by India on Pakistani soil. While Balochistan has for long agitated against the Pakistani establishment, over the past some y....

June 20, 2025 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Article , Balochistan , Gwadar , Mir Yar Baloch , Bashir Zaib , Brahumdagh Bugti , Naela Quadri Baloch

Neighborhood News Digest - 31 December 2024

Afghanistan

Economy Ministry: 355 Development Projects Initiated This Year- Tolo News

At least 355 development projects have been initiated this solar year (1403) across various sectors in the country, with some already comple....

December 31, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , economy , Maldives , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Gwadar , Arakan army , Women , UAE , PTI , BNP , NPP , Development Projects , Saffron , Students Against Discrimination , Myanmar-Bangladesh Relations , Families

Neighborhood News Digest- 12 September 2024

Afghanistan

Islamic Emirate, Turkmenistan Strengthen Ties with Launch of TAPI Project-Tolo News

Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund, the Prime Minister of the Islamic Emirate, said on September 11, in Herat that the commencement of ....

September 12, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , economy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Employment , Balochistan , Security , Gwadar , Turkmenistan , UN , war crimes , reform , Sri Lanka Presidential Election , Mindfulness City , Maldives-Qatar , Maldives Credit Rating , Faryab , Sindh.

Global Developments and Analysis: Weekly Monitor (29 July- 04 Aug)

Economic

The U.S. Has Been Spending Billions to Revive Manufacturing. But China Is in Another League.

Countries around the world are throwing tens of billions of dollars at manufacturing in a race to dominate clean energy, com....

August 13, 2024 QUAD , BRICS , Gwadar , Manufacturing , Covid-19 International Daily Scan , BYD , IPEF , Maduro , Haniyeh , Nikkei , Li Hui , Prisoner Swap

PM Shahbaz Sharif’s Visit to Beijing

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Shahbaz Sharif concluded his five-day visit to China on 8th June. While China may be Pakistan’s most important foreign partner, the prime minister’s dash to Beijing on the eve of the budget session raises questions. Pakistan follows a July-June b....

June 14, 2024 Neighbourhood Studies , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan , China , CPEC , Balochistan , Gwadar , IMF , Shahbaz Sharif , Gen Asim Munir

Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif’s Visit to Beijing and CPEC

Amb D P Srivastava, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Commentary

Pakistan’s Prime Minister visited China on November 1-2, 2022. Shehbaz Sharif was amongst the first foreign leaders received by Xi Jin Ping soon after the latter got himself an unprecedented third term in office. This was projected in Pakistani med....

November 09, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Pakistan , Commentary , China , CPEC , Gwadar , BLA , debt restructuring

The Boiling Baloch Pot: A Continued Saga of Baloch Resistance

Tejusvi Shukla Commentary

A suicide bombing that killed three Chinese nationals in the Pakistani city of Karachi on April 26, 2022, has sent shock waves throughout the region. Notably, this incident rests on two p....

May 22, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Pakistan , Commentary , Pakistan , CPEC , Balochistan , ISI , Gwadar , Karachi , Baloch Liberation Army , free baloch , Voice Of Missing Baloch , By waahin Baloch

China-Pakistan Strategic Nexus: Implications for India

Jayadeva Ranade Article

The growing China-Pakistan nexus raises the threat to India. Their strategic and territorial interests have been cemented by the China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). With the flow of Chinese military power into Pakistan, China veritably straddles....

April 16, 2021 Pakistan , Article , China , CCP , CPEC , PLA , Gwadar , Ladakh , Two Front war , Western Theatre Command , J &K

CPEC: Chinese ‘Dragon’ in Pakistan’s ‘Tent'

Col Nilesh Kunwar (Retd.) Article

On Monday, 22 Feb 2021, Pakistan’s Cabinet Committee on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor [CCoCPEC] instructed Ministries of Defence and Interior to ensure that Pakistan Navy and the Coast Guards immediately vacate 116 acres of real estate in Gwadar....

March 02, 2021 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , China , Pakistan , Article , China , CPEC , Gwadar , Pakistan Navy , BRI , Pishkuan