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Neighborhood News Digest – 13 November 2023

Afghanistan Over 6,000 Afghan migrants return from Pakistan in a single day – The Khaama Press The Ministry of Migrant Affairs of Afghanistan has reported that more than 6,000 Afghan migrants returned to the country in a single day through the...

November 13 , 2023

Does Absence of ‘War’ Mean Peace, in Indian context?

A narrow definition of peace is that it is opposite to concept of war, implying where there is no war, there is peace! Again, in a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a non-existence of war and freedom from fear of violence. The proposition...

August 7 , 2023

Neighborhood News Digest – 28 July 2023

Afghanistan Acting Minister Muttaqi to Meet American Officials in Doha – Tolo News The spokesman of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs tweeted that a delegation of the Islamic Emirate led by acting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi is scheduled to...

July 28 , 2023

Neighborhood News Digest – 28 June 2023

Afghanistan Afghanistan Account For 80% Of Global Illicit Opium Production In 2022: UN Report – NDTV Afghanistan continued to account for the "majority (80 per cent) of global illicit opium production in 2022," the United Nations Office on Drugs and...

June 28 , 2023

Neighborhood News Digest – 26 June 2023

Afghanistan: Clerics call upon Taliban to reopen schools for girls above sixth grade – The Print Some religious leaders in Parwan province of Afghanistan have called upon the Taliban regime to reopen schools for girls above the sixth grade, reported...

June 26 , 2023

Neighborhood News Digest – 15 May 2023

Afghanistan Taliban urges Qatar to invest in Afghanistan – The Print Taliban’s spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, said that officials of the Afghan interim government in their meeting with the Qatari delegation who visited Kandahar on Friday urged them...

May 15 , 2023

Jammu and Kashmir: Decoding the Poonch Terrorist Attack

Background The February 2021 ceasefire agreement between the Indian and Pakistan armies was a win-win situation for both sides as it ended senseless exchanges of fire and artillery duels that resulted in loss of life and damage to property. However...

April 26 , 2023

Vimarsh on China Challenge in the Wake of the Ukraine Crisis

On 21 June 2022, the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a Vimarsh on the “China Challenge in the Wake of the Ukraine Crisis”. Dr Arvind Gupta, Director VIF, gave out introductory remarks and welcomed the speaker Amb Ashok K...

July 8 , 2022

Double-Time Transition in South Asian Geopolitics!

The bygone year has been globally geopolitically transformative, with indications of catalysing into a new era. Many of the events are being propelled by the catastrophic pandemic with its birth epicentre at Wuhan, China. The Corona Virus is...

March 24 , 2021

LoC Ceasefire

As a positive step, on 24-25 February 2021, the Director Generals of the Military Operations (DGMOs) of India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire along the Line of Control (LoC). Since 2018, a total of 12,969 incidents of Ceasefire Violations (CFV)...

March 10 , 2021