Following the events of September 11, 2001, the United States invaded and occupied Afghanistan, allowing it also to expand its geopolitical influence in Central Asia and the Caspian Sea region with its natural gas and oil reserves. ..…
South and East Asia is defined to include Afghanistan, Pakistan and countries east of them. The Middle East includes Southwest Asia from Iran and westward to Turkey and Cyprus plus countries in North Africa. ..…
Several new Muslim-majority states emerged in the Caspian basin and Central Asia from the dissolution of the Soviet Union, neighboring the self-declared 'Islamic Republics' of Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan. ..…
Consequently, the breakdown for most of the movement of migrants is drawn from Pew Research Center's Global Religion and Migration Database source estimating the breakdown of migrant populations based on global census and survey information. ..…
About quarter mention the withdrawal of U.S troops from Iraq and Afghanistan while 18% cite Obama's focus on engagement and diplomacy and 14% point to Obama's focus on Asia. ..…
The dilemma facing American policy makers is well summarized in the forthcoming book by Vali Nasr, a former State Department adviser on Afghanistan and Pakistan. Although his interest is the Muslim world and not so much the territories of East Asia, Nasr describes China and its foreign..…
Central Asia and Afghanistan: Insulation on the Silk Road, Between Eurasia and the Heart of Asia . a report by Shahrbanou Tadjbakhsh . ... Russia has contradictory policies in Central Asia and Afghanistan. It helped the US establish bases in Central Asia..…
Five of the 10 countries in the world with very high social hostilities as of mid-2009 were in the Asia-Pacific region: Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Indonesia and Bangladesh. Ten of the 30 countries with high social hostilities also were in Asia-Pacific, including populous..…
Six are in Asia-Pacific (India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Indonesia, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka) and four are in the Middle East and North Africa (Iraq, Israel, Sudan and Saudi Arabia). ..…
Afghanistan can benefit all its neighbors if it becomes the land bridge of Central Asia, South Asia, and the Gulf. ..…
Barack Obama is now asking for 20,000 of the NATO troops, which were temporarily deployed to Afghanistan for the period leading to the upcoming election, to stay on as part of the stepped-up occupation of Afghanistan and the broader strategy he's pursuing in Afghanistan and Pakistan right now. . He's..…
The problem is complex, and we do not know yet how it will end, except we have opened new prospects for relations with Afghanistan, and with the states of Central Asia, Pakistan, Russia, and, as it may develop, of Southwest Asia more generally... ..…
They fought on the side of the Taliban in Afghanistan, but their long-range goal was to establish an Islamic state throughout Central Asia. . ... Then, for more than sixty years, Central Asia was cut off from contact with the outside world, as the Soviet Union closed its borders..…
Bangladesh upset Pakistan to enter Asia Cup final . September 27, 2018 . . . . ... Asia Cup: Afghanistan pull off thrilling last-ball tie with India . September 26, 2018 . . . . . . ..…
KABUL - Second Vice President Sarwar Danish says Afghanistan and China will become connecting point for Europe, Africa and Asia through Belt and Road. ..…