Imagine the outcry if two Muslim teenage girls had been forced to convert to Christianity and marry Christians. But that would not happen and should not happen. This, on the other hand, happens all the time, and gets no media attention. It...
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No single nation has been quite as furious with Biden over the Afghanistan defeat as India. Not only did India invest resources into Afghanistan, but the Taliban takeover means the triumph of the Pakistan-China coalition that threatens India’s...
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Caleb Larson
PLA Navy, China
Previous versions of the Type 039, also called the Yuan-class, have been exported to countries like Thailand and Pakistan.
Here's What You Need to Know: China's newest Type-039 submarine has some modifications of...
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Envoys of Pakistan, Russia, and China pushed for an inclusive government in their meeting with the Taliban acting prime minister in Kabul on Tuesday.
“Special Envoys on Afg of Pakistan Amb Sadiq, Russia Zamir Kabulov and China Yue Xiayong...
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ST. PETERSBURG (Sputnik) - In his address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on world leaders to build up humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan as it is on the brink of a catastrophe under the Taliban*...
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Kyle Mizokami
Nuclear Weapons, Asia
It is clear that an arms-control agreement for the subcontinent is desperately needed.
Here's What You Need to Know: Pakistan also dealing with internal security issues that could threaten the integrity of its...
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Pakistan’s Islamist PM praised the Taliban takeover. A day after the Taliban seized power in Kabul and President Ashraf Ghani fled the war-torn country, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said Afghans have “broken the chains of slavery...
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“Muhammad is the messenger of Allah. And those with him are ruthless against the unbelievers and merciful among themselves.” (Qur’an 48:29) “ICC Rescues a Christian Driver in Pakistan,” International Christian Concern,...
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The Qur’an says “There is no compulsion in religion” (2:256). However, what constitutes “compulsion” is in the eye of the beholder. The institutionalized subjugation of the dhimma, with its regular humiliation and harassment, from which...
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Not global jihad violence. He doesn’t say anything about that. Just “Islamophobia.” And if what he claims about Muslims facing discrimination in Europe were true, why are so many Muslims trying to get there? “Growing...
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Taha Ahmed and Rooshan Aziz left their jobs in strategy consulting and investment banking in London earlier this year in order to found a mobile-only education platform startup, Maqsad, in Pakistan, with a goal “to make education more...
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Kashoon Leeza, Zahid Shahab Ahmed
Pakistan, Asia
Pakistan’s new Afghanistan policy is shaped by a combination of geo-economic and geopolitical realities in which the threat of extremism and China’s Belt and Road Initiative play a key...
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Michael Rubin
Pakistan, Middle East
The ISI has condemned Pakistan to a morass. At a time when Iranians may hope to emerge from theirs, it would be tragic if a failed, selfish model undercuts their ability to do so.
The Taliban’s victory in...
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Charlie Gao
Pakistan, China, Asia
Sometimes it pays to have friends.
Here's What You Need to Remember: It is widely said that China provided significant assistance to the Pakistani nuclear weapons program (in addition to the A.Q. Khan’s...
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Sebastien Roblin
India-Pakistan War, South Asia
There's no such thing as a "limited regional nuclear war".
Here's What You Need to Remember: Taken together, these outcomes mean even a “limited” India-Pakistan nuclear war would significantly...
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Police say gunmen on a motorcycle have shot dead a police constable guarding polio vaccination workers in rural northwest Pakistan
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Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan says he has opened a dialogue with Afghanistan’s Taliban to try to persuade them to form an “inclusive” government in Kabul to ensure peace and stability in the war-torn country.
Khan disclosed the...
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AUKUS, a trilateral alliance of Australia, UK, and the US, has stirred up a debate over nuclear proliferation, as Canberra will obtain atomic-powered submarines under the deal. China has criticised the trilateral partnership as "extremely...
Related topics: India, China, Australia, United Kingdom, Debate
A New Zealand cricket team announced it was abandoning its tour of Pakistan, citing security concerns Friday, the day it was supposed to have its first match.
“Following an escalation in the New Zealand Government threat levels for...
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MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Members of the Afghan women's youth football team, who received threats from the Taliban*, arrived in Pakistan with their families on 15 September.
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