India considers accepting request of IEA for a diplomatic representative in Mumbai, marking a step towards formal ties.
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Maldives recalls diplomat to Pakistan over meeting with Afghanistan envoy
The Maldives recalls its diplomat in Pakistan after an unauthorized meeting with an Islamic Emirate envoy in Islamabad.
Pakistan and Afghanistan: The Simmering Conflict
Despite the recent escalation in hostilities that the TTP threat has sparked between Pakistan and Afghanistan, there is as yet a little possibility that Pakistan will use kinetic action across the border, and even less likely that Afghanistan would respond equitably even if it did.
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Afghan Refugee: Do We Ever Belong?
Every day hundreds and thousands of people cross the borders in pursuit of better economic opportunities and living conditions, perhaps sometimes only for the sake of survival. However, the level of brutality that they have to go through is insane. Such is the case of Afghan refugee.
India in Afghanistan: Friend or Frenemy?
Despite ideological fissures between a deeply Islamophobic polity of India and the ‘Islamic Emirate’ of Afghanistan, as well as the specter of a troubled past, signs of rapprochement between the two are on the horizon. But at what cost?
