News and Analyses of events in Central Asia
Bangladesh, in other terms, does not intend to sway in favor of a particular major power. It maintains its external relations with the world community by pursuing a middle of the road foreign policy that heavily relies on multinational diplomacy.
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Turkey and Bangladesh share a lot in common in terms of historical relations, values and culture. Relations between Turkish and Bengali-speaking peoples have deep historical and cultural roots, reaching back to the late Ottoman Empire and decades before the establishment of Bangladesh’s People’s Republic. During the First World War and the Turkish War of Liberation,…
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Pak-Afghanistan relation is multi-dimensional encompassing, political, economic, cultural, and shared border which is 2,200 Km long. Due to some unresolved issues, both countries foster the valley of mistrust that creates an imaginary fire and furry sentiments among masses and ruling classes of Pakistan and Afghanistan. There is a huge potential to exploit untapped opportunities in…
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China’s plan to massively finance Iran’s development is a calculated kick aimed at America’s strategic objectives and Indian ambition to play against China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC). It is also an ‘in your face’ response to America’s aggressive trade, technology, and military moves against China. For the next twenty-five years, China will invest more than…
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Afghanistan is facing the worst humanitarian crisis for the last forty years. The unfortunate terrain of Afghanistan has been pushed by different arch-rivals to exercise their own strategic interest in sterile mountains. Afghanistan geo-strategic location is always been a testy sandwich for major global players. The great game was ostentatiously played on the soil of…
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World’s future holds much uncertainty due to rapidly expanding COVID-19 outbreak all over the world. Its drastic impacts will be out of control as well as unimaginable in today’s context. The post COVID-19 period will be remembered as tragic event of the twenty first century with numerous looming challenges. Emergency in health care system, economic…
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Never before in the history of mankind, had a pandemic inflicted with such horrendous cost. A pandemic is also an epidemic that spreads over several countries and continents while affecting a large group of people. On that note – all pandemics are epidemics but not all epidemics turn into pandemics. On the spreading of novel…
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After 18 months of negotiation, the US and Taliban representatives signed the Afghan peace agreement on 29 February 2020 at a ceremony held at the Sheraton Hotel in Doha. Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the co-founder of Taliban, as head of Taliban’s Qatar office and US peace envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad signed the peace deal….
Read moreOn 23 February 2020, Turkey announced that it would “temporarily” close its land border with Iran as fear grows over an increase of new coronavirus infections. Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca told to reporters, “We have decided to shut the land border temporarily after an increase in the number of cases in our neighbor Iran.”…
Read moreSeveral media reported on 22 February 2019 that the Taliban movement waged attacks in Afghan provinces of Paktia and Balkh. Recently, it was also reported in several western media that Taliban agreed on a seven-day ‘violence reduction’ for signing a peace deal with the US. Abdullah Hasrat, a spokesman for the Paktia governor said in…
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