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BISHKEK (TCA) — Cooperation between Russia and Pakistan is important to insure stability and security in Central Asia, Pakistan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Tasnim Aslam told Sputnik news agency following her visit to Moscow, where on April 14 she participated in the fifth multinational Afghanistan peace conference. Continue reading
KABUL (TCA) — Statistics shows that Iran’s trade with Afghanistan in 2016 amounted to $1.8 billion USD and that trade between Afghanistan and Pakistan dropped, Afghanistan’s TOLOnews agency reported. Continue reading
KABUL (TCA) — Following reports of a Russian delegation’s visit to northern Waziristan in Pakistan, a senior Afghan police commander claimed the Russian delegation along with Pakistani military had also visited a number of Taliban training centers in the remote region across the Durand Line, Afghanistan’s TOLOnews agency reports. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — On March 1, Islamabad, Pakistan hosted a summit of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO), whose member nations pledged to collectively fight terrorism and boost regional cooperation in trade, energy, and infrastructure. Continue reading
KABUL (TCA) — During talks in Moscow on February 7, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Salahuddin Rabbani discussed the security situation in Afghanistan and prospects for promoting the national reconciliation process in the country, including the formation of a new regional format of consultations on Afghanistan issues. They noted the feasibility of expanding the membership of the trilateral Russia-China-Pakistan consultations to include the countries of the region, first of all, Afghanistan itself, the Russian Foreign Ministry said. Continue reading
BISHKEK (TCA) — On 26th January India will celebrate its national day. It will be a day of celebration and confrontation between great achievements and the ambition to become a global player. Problems at home, as fiscal constraints and a demographic explosion, limit the country’s investment and economic development, and although New Delhi has been looking internationally for a quite some time, it has so far not been able to develop a proper strategy toward Central Asia. There is no doubt that a more result oriented policy toward an expanded Central Asia may help India achieve a better result and undisputed links for its business. The situation with Pakistan and China is far from being resolved, and it certainly restrains additional investments and creates barriers toward a global role for India irrespective of its consistent economic growth. The Times of Central Asia is republishing this article of Stratfor under its Geopolitical Diary: Continue reading
