Articles

The American Standpoint and the West Asian Quagmire

West Asia and its conflicts remain embedded in public awareness as a kind of stalemate and a quagmire which has the liability of conflict and war written all over it. Great power interventions have been a bane of existence for the beleaguered region ....

January 15, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Israel , US , Iran , West Asia , Houthi , Hezbollah , Hamas

Neighborhood News Digest- 07 January 2025

Afghanistan

Efforts to Send Skilled Workers Abroad Intensify: Ministry-Tolo News

The Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs announced serious efforts to send skilled Afghan workers to Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, and....

January 07, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , economy , Maldives , Iran , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , refugees , Debt , PTI , PPP , Sports , Rohingyas , Electricity , Myanmar-China , India-Sri Lanka , Maldives-India relations , Skilled workers , Voucher System , State Bank of Pakistan.

Neighborhood News Digest - 02 January 2025

Afghanistan

UN Calls for Lifting Ban on Women Working in NGOs-Tolo News

The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) has called for the repeal of the ban on women working in non-governmental organizations in A....

January 02, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , economy , Maldives , Iran , Myanmar , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Terrorism , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Assam , IMF , Remittances , UN , war crimes , BNP , Kurram , Myanmar-China Relations , Fisherman issues , Foreign Currency Act , India-Myanmar Border Fencing , Red Tape , Samrang , Pension , 7th Agricultural Census 2025

Syria is the Game Changer for Big Powers

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

Some dates go down in history as unprecedented and unanticipated developments usher in often unexpected and unannounced outcomes. Moreover, wars and their impacts are not unconnected or limited to a particular geography. October 7, 2023 terror attack....

January 02, 2025 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Palestine , India , US , China , Iran , Syria , Turkey , Hamas

Neighborhood News Digest - 25 November 2024

Afghanistan

Iran's Foreign Minister Appoints Alireza Bigdeli as Ambassador to Kabul-Tolo News

Iran's Foreign Minister has dismissed the ambassador and special representative of the country's president for Afghanistan and appoi....

November 25, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , US , China , economy , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Saudi Arabia , election , Bangladesh , Tourism , IMF , PTI , India-Sri Lanka , China-Bangladesh , Bhutan-India Relations , Kurram , LDC Status , Constitutional Amendment

Neighborhood News Digest- 18 November 2024

Afghanistan

Abbas Stanikzai: Peaceful Afghanistan Benefits Region and World-Tolo News

Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, stated that peace in Afghanistan is in the interest of both regional ....

November 18, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , economy , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , election , Bangladesh , Tourism , IMF , Kuala Lumpur , NPP , VPN , Maldivian Economy , interim Government , Deeyar , Council of Islamic Ideology , Credit Ratings.

Neighborhood News Digest - 05 November 2024

Afghanistan

Islamic Emirate Calls for Realistic Policies from Next US President-Tolo News

With just one day remaining until the US presidential election, the Islamic Emirate has expressed that whoever is elected president must....

November 05, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Supreme Court , Bangladesh , FTA , OCHA , reform , BNP , Gelephu Mindfulness City , Arugam Bay , Sri Lanka Parliamentary Poll , US Presidential Elections , National Assembly. Pollution , GMC , Maldives-Türkiye Free Trade Agreement

Neighborhood News Digest- 29 October 2024

Afghanistan

Source: New Uzbekistan Envoy Arrives in Kabul-Tolo News

A source told TOLO news that Oybek Usmanov has arrived in Kabul as the new Uzbekistan ambassador and is expected to present his credentials to the prime minis....

October 29, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , economy , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Uzbekistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , IMF , WTO , interim Government , World Trade Organisation , Africa Asia Luminary Annual Conference.

Cyber Review - September 2024

National

Star Health sues Telegram after a hacker used app’s chatbot to leak data

Bharat’s insurance company— Star Health has sued Telegram application and an unknown hacker who was using chatbots on the messaging app to....

October 28, 2024 India , China , Iran , Singapore , Scotland , U.S. , cybersecurity , Bharat , Cyber , VIF Cyber Review , Lenovo , Airtel , Deepfake , IRGC.

Neighborhood News Digest - 28 October 2024

Afghanistan

Stanekzai Denies Existence of Conflict among Islamic Emirate Members-Tolo News

Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai, the Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs, has dismissed claims of conflicts among members of th....

October 28, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , economy , Maldives , Iran , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Bangladesh , Tourism , UK , IMF , CSTO , Riyadh , interim Government , Arugam Bay , 27 Amendment , Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators , CATA