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Omer Waziri January 28, 2026 Balochistan Unrest, Belt and Road Initiative, China-Afghanistan Cooperation, China-Pakistan Relations, Chinese Engineers Killed Pakistan, Chinese Investments Afghanistan, counter-terrorism, CPEC Security Risks, Geopolitics of South Asia, ISIS-K Attacks, ISKP Resurgence, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Terrorism, New Great Game, Pakistan ISI Double Game, Pakistani Intelligence Agency, Proxy War Afghanistan, Regional Security Complex, Strategic Betrayal, Taliban vs ISKP, Tirah Valley Incident

Pakistan’s ISI-Gambit: Using ISKP to Checkmate Taliban, Bleed China

Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is leveraging ISKP as a strategic asset to subdue the Afghan Taliban. In the desolate, mineral-rich

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Jaafar Siddiqi January 25, 2026January 25, 2026 India Arab cultural ties, India Arab diplomacy, India Arab economic cooperation, India Arab foreign policy, India Arab geopolitics, India Arab history, India Arab investment, India Arab trade, India Arab trade routes, India GCC relations, India Gulf ties, India Middle East relations, India Saudi Arabia relations, India Saudi bilateral trade, India Saudi energy ties, India Saudi strategic partnership, India Saudi Vision 2030, India West Asia relations, India–Arab relations, Indo Arab relations

OPINION: Reimagining India–Arab Relations—Beyond Oil and Diplomacy

For partners across the Arab world, engagement with India is driven less by political noise and more by tangible outcomes

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Arun Anand January 25, 2026January 25, 2026 Awami League ban, Bangladesh interim government, Bangladesh politics, Bangladesh revolution narrative, communal violence July 2024, constitutional crisis Bangladesh, election security Bangladesh 2026, historical revisionism Bangladesh, human rights accountability Bangladesh, indemnity ordinance Bangladesh, July Mass Uprising Ordinance, July Uprising 2024, July warriors Bangladesh, National Citizen’s Party NCP, political immunity law, political violence bangladesh, rule of law Bangladesh, Second Republic Bangladesh, Sheikh Hasina exit, Student Against Discrimination

How Bangladesh’s July Ordinance Rewrites Law, History, and Accountability

Bangladesh’s interim government recently gave its final approval to the draft of ‘July Mass Uprising Protection and Liability Determination Ordinance’ that grants indemnity

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Sheikh Hasina Wazed January 17, 2026January 17, 2026 Awami League, Bangladesh crisis, Bangladesh democracy, Bangladesh elections 2026, Bangladesh politics, Bangladesh security, Bay of Bengal strategic importance, democracy under threat, extremism in Bangladesh, global security risks, human rights Bangladesh, India Bangladesh relations, interim government Bangladesh, international opinion, Jamaat-e-Islami, minority persecution Bangladesh, Muhammad Yunus interim government, political exile Bangladesh, political instability in Bangladesh, religious extremism South Asia, secularism in Bangladesh, sheikh hasina, South Asia geopolitics, US foreign policy South Asia

Bangladesh is on the Brink of Chaos

But I shall never forget my people, especially at a time when the rise of extremist ideologies and violent political

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Omer Waziri January 16, 2026January 16, 2026 Alexis Jay Report Rotherham, child sexual exploitation UK, grooming gang protests London, grooming gangs Britain, Hounslow Sikh girl case, Khalistani diaspora concerns, minority victims grooming gangs, Pakistani grooming gangs, Pakistani origin grooming gangs, political correctness grooming gangs, religious exploitation UK, Sikh Awareness Society cases, Sikh community UK safety, Sikh girls targeted UK, Sikh grooming gangs UK, Sikh Helpline UK, Sikh protests Hounslow, Sikh women safety UK, UK CSE investigations, UK policing grooming gangs

OPINION: Pakistani Men Sexually Target Sikh Girls, Khalistani Silence Enables It

While Khalistani men are courted for political leverage, daughters from the Sikh community are viewed by some within these same

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Arun Anand January 13, 2026January 13, 2026 Abraham Accords expansion, Africa Middle East relations, Bab el-Mandeb Strait, Benjamin Netanyahu foreign policy, Eastern Mediterranean tensions, Erdogan foreign policy, Ethiopia access Berbera port, Gaza war impact geopolitics, geopolitics of recognition, global trade routes, great power competition Red Sea, Gulf of Aden strategy, Horn of Africa politics, Horn of Africa security architecture, Houthis Red Sea attacks, India Africa connectivity, India Middle East Europe Economic Corridor IMEC, India Red Sea strategy, international recognition of de facto states, Iran backed militias Red Sea, Israel Greece Cyprus trilateral, Israel Somaliland recognition, Israel Somaliland relations, Israeli foreign policy Africa, maritime chokepoints, maritime security strategy, Middle East Geopolitics, neo Ottoman foreign policy, Port of Berbera strategic importance, post colonial borders debate, Red Sea geopolitics, Red Sea Security, Somalia territorial integrity debate, Somaliland diplomacy, Somaliland statehood, Turkey Horn of Africa, Turkey Israel rivalry, Turkey Somalia relations

Israel’s Somaliland Gamble and the New Geometry of the Red Sea

Somaliland and specifically the Port of Berbera, offers New Delhi an alternative gateway into the region and the broader African

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Col. Mayank Chaubey January 4, 2026January 4, 2026 American family decline, breakdown of families, civilisational decline, convenience culture, cultural critique, cultural erosion, cultural warning for India, death of home cooking, erosion of traditions, family bonding, family meals, family values, fast food culture, food and culture, generational disconnect, health and lifestyle diseases, home cooked food, impact of fast food, importance of dining together, Indian family system, kitchen as cultural center, loneliness in families, Mayank Says, military perspective on society, modern lifestyle impact, nuclear families, obesity and diabetes, old age homes, parenting and values, revival of family meals, shared meals, silent kitchen, social change, social commentary India, social reflection essay, traditional families, Western cultural shift

Silent Kitchen: When Home Cooking Died, Families Fractured

Civilisations do not fall only because of wars or invasions. Sometimes, they fall because families stop eating together. There are

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Advocate Shahanur Islam December 27, 2025December 27, 2025 accountability under international law, awami league targeting, bangladesh human rights crisis, bangladesh organised violence, baul lalon persecution, communal attacks bangladesh, cultural genocide indicators, cultural repression bangladesh, democratic rights bangladesh, early warning signs conflict, hindu minority attacks bangladesh, human rights violations south asia, iccpr state responsibility, international law bangladesh obligations, minority protection international law, Muhammad Yunus interim government, organised communal violence bangladesh, pluralism under threat bangladesh, political erasure bangladesh, political violence bangladesh, responsibility to protect bangladesh, silence is complicity, strategic violence political tool, sufi shrine desecration, violence and impunity bangladesh

OPINION: When Violence Becomes a Method in Bangladesh

Naming organised violence is not an act of destabilisation. It is an act of responsibility. In Bangladesh today, violence no

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Arun Anand December 27, 2025December 27, 2025 afghan taliban pakistan relations, asim munir chief of defence forces, hafiz saeed network pakistan, india afghanistan relations 2025, international security pakistan terrorism, isi afghan jihad legacy, isi jihadist proxies, jaish e mohammad origins pakistan, jem pakistan support, jihadist ecosystem pakistan analysis, kashmir militancy pakistan role, lashkar e toiba pakistan ties, lett jem state policy debate, new delhi kabul cooperation, pakistan afghanistan tensions 2025, pakistan army statecraft, pakistan constitutional engineering munir, pakistan foreign policy failures, pakistan india afghanistan geopolitics, pakistan proxy warfare analysis, proxy militancy south asia, pulwama attack context, qari yaqoob shaikh statement, strategic depth pakistan history, terrorist endorsements pakistan military, terrorist proxies pakistan strategy, ulema o mashaikh rabta pakistan

OPINION: When Terrorists Speak for the State in Pakistan

Pakistan has for years made efforts to blur such distinctions, often planting insinuations that Afghanistan harbored anti-India militant leaders. There

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Arun Anand December 15, 2025December 15, 2025 autonomy movement Balochistan, Baloch rights, Balochistan, Balochistan resources, China Pakistan Economic Corridor, copper and gold reserves, CPEC, critical minerals, economic exploitation, education crisis Pakistan, extractive economy, foreign investment Pakistan, geopolitics South Asia, global minerals supply chain, Gwadar port, healthcare crisis Balochistan, imperialism in Pakistan, military governance Pakistan, mineral politics, neocolonialism, Pakistan mining, Pakistani military establishment, political repression Pakistan, poverty in Balochistan, Reko Diq, resource extraction, Sarfaraz Bugti, Shehbaz Sharif government, underdevelopment Balochistan, US China competition, US Exim Bank, US Pakistan relations

OPINION: Reko Diq and the New Imperial Loot of Balochistan

Balochistan’s modern history is inseparable from the manner in which it entered Pakistan. On December 10, the U.S. Chargé d’Affaires