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Author: Shubham Joshi
Taliban’s Supreme Leader Akhundzada Tightens Control as Power Struggle Intensifies Within the Regime
In recent days, the Taliban leader has increased his control over the country’s airports. Around 1,000 special forces from Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada’s protective unit have been deployed to various airports, including Kabul. These forces have been instructed not to allow any Taliban official to travel without permission from the Taliban leader’s office. Mullah Hibatullah seeks complete control over officials’ foreign trips and insists that his representative must be present during these visits to monitor the details of negotiations and meetings. The fighters of this unit are mostly from Helmand, Kandahar, and Uruzgan provinces and answer directly to Mullah Hibatullah. Meanwhile,…
Militants armed with assault rifles attacked a police post in Karak, killing three policemen and injuring six others before fleeing the scene.
In early January this year, rumours circulated on social media that Pakistani troops had entered Wakhan and set up posts. However, the Taliban officials in Kabul called these claims false.
With the recent thaw achieved in the bilateral relationship, India and China agreed to resume the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra for pilgrims and a plan to reinstate direct flights.
Abduction & Militant Attacks Engulf Pakistan’s Volatile Northwest As Security Forces Remain Helpless
As militants enjoyed an upper hand in the militancy-hit Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, gunmen assaulted a police checkpost took all four policemen hostage and shifted them to an undisclosed location.
The Taliban’s Ministry of Defense Security and Clearance Commission, in its annual accountability report, has reiterated that they possess accurate information indicating that Pakistan is training ISIS members and has established centres for them in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
As Pakistan remains in flux over the rising menace along its western frontier, Pak army chief General Asim Munir has recently communicated to the political leaders in Peshawar that Pakistan had “exhausted all options” to persuade Afghanistan to curb cross-border militant attacks.
India’s Afghanistan policy is witnessing a massive reset. A few days back, India backed the Taliban regime by condemning Pakistani airstrikes on civilians in Afghanistan, and now Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri met with the acting Afghan Foreign Minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi in Dubai.
India is ready for some pathbreaking reforms this year as Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has declared 2025 as the “Year of Reforms”.
The geopolitics of energy is in full play in Europe. For years, Russia has been the biggest gas supplier in Europe. This even continued after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the year 2022.
But now, Ukraine has stopped the transport of Russian gas to Europe through its territory after its oil giant Naftogaz refused to renew the five-year transit deal with Russia’s Gazprom.