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Summary: On Saturday, violent border clashes erupted between Afghan and Pakistani forces, resulting in dozens of casualties. The fighting was an Afghan response to Pakistani…

The Strike and Its Strategic Ambiguity In a significant escalation, recent airstrikes hit at least four locations inside Afghanistan, including the capital, Kabul. Crucially,…

Gaza Strip – A river of humanity flowed north along the Mediterranean coast on Saturday as tens of thousands of displaced Palestinians began a somber pilgrimage back to their…

Pakistan’s statecraft has long flirted with a Faustian bargain: to wield Islamist militancy, covert proxies, and extremist ideologies as tools of foreign policy and strategic…

When experts today speak of the "Asian Century," Indonesia has firmly established itself as one of its most prominent symbols. For decades, this sprawling archipelago of over…

"The first battle lost by the defeated is the battle over naming things by their true names." — George Orwell In an era of political stagnation across the Arab world,…

In a significant display of regional consensus, Afghanistan's neighbors, including nominal U.S. allies, have voiced unified opposition to any plan for the United States to…

Morocco recently witnessed a wave of protests that swept through cities and towns of all sizes, from major urban centers to small villages. These demonstrations were called for by…

After the UN confirmed famine in Gaza, Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu (center) and his wife, Sara (seated to his right), met in late September with US pro-Israel influencers in New…

When Nepal’s youth rose up without a single leader, they did more than topple a government—they shattered a century-long cycle of political betrayal and revealed a truth too long…