Taliban takeover could see return of ‘al Qaeda’ style terror plots, warns UK spy chief
The head of Britain’s domestic intelligence agency has warned about a possible return of major “al Qaeda” style terror plots against the West after the Taliban’s takeover in Afghanistan. Spe... Read more
CAIRO: Egyptian and Indian naval forces carried out a naval exercise with the participation of the Egyptian frigate (Alexandria) and the Indian frigate (INS TABAR), within the scope of the N... Read more
The U.S. War in Afghanistan
The United Nations Security Council adopts Resolution 1267, creating the so-called al-Qaeda and Taliban Sanctions Committee, which links the two groups as terrorist entities and imposes sanc... Read more
According to reports, an audio clip purportedly belonging to Taliban leader Mullah Fazel Akhund in which he is heard saying “Punjab destroyed everything” has gone viral on social... Read more
No More Russian Aircraft Carriers for the Indian Military
Like a lot of countries, India wants the best weapons it can afford. But ideological and financial concerns mean there are a lot of things it won’t buy from the United States or Europe. That... Read more
The configuration for the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)-Mk2 has been frozen and steel cutting is expected to begin soon while configuration for the fifth-generation Advanced Medium Combat Airc... Read more
Development in focus as MPs, ministers visit J&K
Many parliamentary standing committees in the recent past visited Jammu and Kashmir and they included many MPs from the Opposition parties and their presence has given a push to governance a... Read more
Pakistan Is an Arsonist That Wants You to Think It’s a Firefighter
On Aug. 27, U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham tweeted, “Any sustainable solution in Afghanistan must include Pakistan,” while also expressing his appreciation for the “efforts of the Pakistani govern... Read more
Agencies tracking Turkey-based group’s anti-India activities in Nepal
Indian security agencies are keeping a close eye on the activities of the controversial Turkey-based Human Rights and Freedoms and Humanitarian Relief (IHH) working with Nepal’s Muslim commu... Read more
Great power competition had been the dominant theme of the past century’s strategic discourse. After the fall of the erstwhile USSR in the early 1990s, followed by a brief but significant un... Read more