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Neighbourhood News Digest - 09 July 2025

Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Population Estimated at 36.4 Million in 1404-Tolo News

Mohammad Halim Rafi, spokesperson for the National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA), announced in a video message the estimated tota....

July 09, 2025 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , India , Pakistan , ASEAN , economy , Maldives , Myanmar , Afghanistan , Refugee , Bhutan , Punjab , Tajikistan , Sweden , Chin National Defence Forces

Europe News Digest (1-15 February, 2025)

EU Tariffs 'Pretty Soon' but UK can be Worked Out – Trump

US President Donald Trump has hinted the European Union (EU) could be next to face tariffs, after he slapped 25% levies on goods from Mexico and Canada along with an additional 1....

February 18, 2025 Trump , Ukraine , tariffs , Sweden , Georgia , India-EU , AI Summit , Munich Security Conference , Europe News Digest , Mass Shooting , Santorini Earthquake , EU-UK Security Pact

Neighborhood News Digest- 18 March 2024

Afghanistan

Amir Khan Muttaqi invites new Pakistani FM to Kabul-The Khama Press

The Afghan National Television reported that Amir Khan Muttaqi, the acting Foreign Minister of the Taliban, has invited Ishaq Dar, Pakistan’s fo....

March 18, 2024 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , democracy , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Uzbekistan , Bhutan , CPEC , Bangladesh , Tourism , refugees , IMF , Sweden , External Debt , Parliamentary elections , India-Myanmar , NPP , Aragalaya , Digital Payment , Public Trust , Commodity Prices , Observations , Maldives-India Core Group Meeting , India.

Neighborhood News Digest – 20 July 2023

Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, Women Protest Ban On Beauty Parlours - NDTV

Security officials shot in the air and used firehoses Wednesday to disperse dozens of Afghan women protesting in Kabul against an order by Taliban authori....

July 20, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , Nepal , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Imran Khan , Bengal , IMF , Central Bank , Sweden , Hydropower , Silk Roadster

NATO after the Vilnius Summit: An Indian Assessment

Amb D.B. Venkatesh Varma, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

The NATO Summit held in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania, 11-12 July 2023, was momentous in many respects. It took place against the background of the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine whose active phase of hostilities is now well past 500....

July 20, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , US , China , Russia , Turkey , NATO , Ukraine , France , Sweden , Zelensky , Vilnius Summit

Neighborhood News Digest – 12 July 2023

Afghanistan

Taliban halt Swedish activities in Afghanistan after Koran burning – Devdiscourse

The Taliban administration halted all activities by Sweden in Afghanistan on Tuesday in response to the burning of a Koran in Sto....

July 12, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , ASEAN , Bhutan , Saudi Arabia , Taliban , Imran Khan , BRI , Remittances , Sweden , India-Bangladesh , India-Maldives , Census , India-Sri Lanka , PM Prachanda , Mt Everest , Prison , Rupee Trade , EU-Bangladesh , Koran , Import surge , JF-17 fighters

Neighborhood News Digest – 6 July 2023

Afghanistan

SCO Member States Call For Inclusive Government In Afghanistan – NDTV

Expressing concern about the situation in Afghanistan, leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Member States (SCO) called for an esta....

July 06, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , Nepal , SCO , economy , Afghanistan , Bhutan , Dalai Lama , Srilanka , IMF , Inflation , Sweden , women rights , Suu Kyi , debt-trap , UNCTAD , Foreign Reserves , Quran , TAAI , Reclamation , NSCN , Potato Imports

Neighborhood News Digest – 13 April 2023

Afghanistan

China Spells Out Its Position on Afghanistan – Tolo News

The embassy of China in Kabul shed light on 11 points that clarified the country’s position regarding Afghanistan. The point first, the embassy said in a st....

April 13, 2023 VIF Neighbourhood News Digest , Pakistan , China , ASEAN , Maldives , Sri Lanka , Afghanistan , Defence , Bhutan , trade , Japan , elections , India-Nepal , Bangladesh , Taliban , EU , Tourism , IMF , Women , Sweden , UN , Northeast , Environment , debt restructuring , BNP , HRW , Thailand-Myanmar , Amir Khan Muttaqi , CJP , SC , Pak economy , Economic Growth. COVID-19 , Airstrikes , SLPP

NATO Welcomes Finland as its 31st Member, Sweden to Follow Soon

Prof Rajaram Panda Article

The Russia-Ukraine crisis has assumed a new dimension as the Russian President Vladimir Putin’s main sore point, the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), welcomed its new member Finland on 4 April 2023, upon depositing its instrument of acces....

April 11, 2023 International Relations and Diplomacy , Article , Security , NATO , Sweden , Finland , membership issue , alliance relationship

The CSTO and Collective Security in Eurasia

Dr Pravesh Kumar Gupta, Associate Fellow, VIF Article

Background

The Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), a Russia-led Eurasian security bloc, has acquired considerable traction in recent years due to the rapidly changing regional security situation in the Eurasian region. The annua....

May 25, 2022 International Relations and Diplomacy , Central Asia , Article , China , Russia , Afghanistan , sanctions , Taliban , European Union , NATO , Sweden , Armenia , CSTO , Finland , Islamic State of Khorasan , Belarus.