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Islamic State probes Afghan Taliban's weak points

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AFGHANISTAN

IS-K says it was also behind a December 26 car bomb that killed the police chief of the north-eastern Badakhshan region. Other IS-K attacks in recent months have targeted the Shia…

Islamic State threat is a priority for Afghan Taliban

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AFGHANISTAN

The promise is in line with the Taliban's commitment to act against foreign terrorists in Afghanistan, or at least stop them harming the outside world. The current Taliban…

Taliban help suffocate Islamic State's Afghan presence

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AFGHANISTAN

This audacious act is retaliation for a string of defeats that IS has suffered in eastern Afghanistan since November 2019.

Congolese political upheaval will fuel unrest

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CONGO-KINSHASA

The Council’s decision came as a fragile political agreement struck at the new year unravels, with security deteriorating in several parts of the country. The spike in unrest drew…

Pakistani Taliban are a growing problem for Islamabad

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PAKISTAN

Islamabad said the strikes were aimed at anti-Pakistan militants, but the Taliban described the action as “reckless” and retaliated by firing at Pakistani troops along the border…

Afghan move may help reduce Pakistani Taliban threat

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PAKISTAN

The move will have significant effect on the Pakistani Taliban Movement (TTP), a long-time enemy of the Pakistani state that has relied heavily on Afghan bases to carry out its…

Myanmar’s Rakhine rifts roil Modi’s ‘Act East’ policy

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INDIA/MYANMAR

India's response to violence in Myanmar's Rakhine State.

Afghan opposition faces protracted crisis

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AFGHANISTAN

Unlike Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, the other Central Asian states that border Afghanistan, Tajikistan is suspicious of the Taliban government in Kabul. Meanwhile, the NRF and…

Delhi will use Naga Accord as template for north-east

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INDIA

India's attempts to broker peace with Naga insurgents.

Modi’s party will struggle for momentum in state polls

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INDIA

The key battlegrounds in terms of rivalry between Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the main opposition Congress party will be Madhya Pradesh, where…