Russia wants to ensure that the instability in Afghanistan does not spill over into Central Asia, part of the former Soviet Union it regards as its own backyard, and that it does not become a launchpad for other extreme Islamist groups.
A consortium of four Pakistani state-owned companies namely MPCL, OGDCL PPL, and GHPL, will invest $400 million in exploration attempts in Abu Dhabi. The decision would allow these four companies to issue guarantees to the SPV in favor of Adnoc and SCFEA to qualify.
Four cars were full of money, they tried to stuff another part of the money into a helicopter, but not all of it fit. And some of the money was left lying on the tarmac.
With the fall of Kabul to the Taliban in Afghanistan, legal questions abound. The standard security and geopolitical lenses applicable in many such situations...
India's actions as rotating president of UNSC proves that India is unfit for UNSC membership. Pakistan's Ambassador to the UN said while condemning India for blocking Pakistan second time in UNSC in the debate on Afghanistan.
The fall of the Ashraf Ghani regime and the ascension of the Taliban has instilled fear of consequences among investors for the bordering Pakistan, as the country's dollar-based sovereign bonds became "biggest losers in Asia" on Monday.