Politics

Decades of covert ops have led to this tense moment in the Islamic Republic. If the regime is toppled, India will be strategically strained on more than one front

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ودّعت الهند عام 2025 بإنجاز علمي لافت، تمثّل في نجاحها بتنفيذ واحدة من أبرز مهام الإطلاق الفضائي لهذا العام، بعدما نجحت منظمة أبحاث الفضاء الهندية (إيسرو) في إطلاق قمر الاتصالات الأمريكي “بلو بيرد بلوك-2” إلى مدار أرضي منخفض على متن الصاروخ الثقيل LVM3. 

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Dr Waiel Awwad

A sudden flare-up along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, marked by cross-border firing, expulsions and diplomatic recriminations, is rarely an isolated incident. Rather, such episodes are symptomatic of deeper structural tensions that have accumulated since 2021, when the Taliban returned to power after the abrupt withdrawal of US forces and the abandonment of vast quantities of materiel. The current skirmish, therefore, speaks to historical grievances, domestic politics, regional competition, and competing strategic visions for South and Central Asia.