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India delivered a sharp rebuke to Pakistan at the United Nations Security Council, accusing Islamabad of weaponizing Afghanistan’s vulnerabilities and conducting deadly military operations that have devastated civilian populations.Ambassador Parvathaneni Harish, representing India, described Pakistan’s refusal to grant transit access to Afghan merchants as “unprecedented trade and transit terrorism.”He explained that this blockade was a deliberate violation of UN declarations on Landlocked Developing Countries and a cynical exploitation of Afghanistan’s landlocked status. To counter this, India has been issuing hundreds of gratis long-term business visas to Afghan traders, thereby supporting their livelihoods and ensuring continuity of commerce.The envoy stressed that…

Keith B. Payne, National Institute for Public Policy The traditional U.S. global system of formal alliances includes NATO, an historically unparalleled multilateral alliance, and multiple… Source link

Congress is unlikely to approve a third multi-hundred-billion-dollar budget maneuver to pad the Trump administration’s defense spending, Senate Republicans said Tuesday.The occasion was a hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee’s defense panel, where Air and Space Force leaders were testifying on the 2027 budget proposal. The committee chair, Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, noted that some of their services’ top initiatives, such as F-35 modernization, are not part of the Trump administration’s $1.15 trillion baseline budget request. Instead, the White House is asking Congress to pass a $350 billion appropriation through reconciliation, a process for “mandatory” government spending that only requires a…

Over thirty people have been massacred and around two hundred injured in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir after violent clashes erupted between protesters and security forces.The unrest followed the banning of the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC), a civil society alliance that has long spearheaded demonstrations over economic and political grievances in the region. Authorities outlawed the group on Friday, citing concerns over public order and security, a move that immediately heightened tensions.The violence broke out in Rawalakot after the death of a trader, allegedly shot during a confrontation with law enforcers late on Friday night. His body was taken to a hospital morgue,…

Brenda M. Hafera, Modern Age Americans must live up to “the words that made us.” Source link

President Droupadi Murmu conferred 51 gallantry awards during the Defence Investiture Ceremony 2026 at Rashtrapati Bhavan, honouring acts of extraordinary bravery across India’s Armed Forces, Central Armed Police Forces, and State Police. Among the recipients was Air Commodore Prasanth Balakrishnan Nair, a Gaganyaan astronaut-designate, who received the Kirti Chakra for distinguished service under challenging conditions. The Defence Investiture Ceremony 2026, held in New Delhi, recognised personnel for their courage, devotion to duty, and disregard for personal safety in operational theatres. A total of seven Kirti Chakras were awarded, including two posthumous honours, alongside 15 Vir Chakras with three posthumous awards,…

Muhammad Waqas Haider, Small Wars Journal The four-day air war between India and Pakistan in… Source link

The government has cleared the construction of a new ₹13,000-crore greenfield civil-military airport at Chingen near Galathea Bay on Great Nicobar Island, effectively shelving plans to expand the existing naval air station at INS Baaz in Campbell Bay.The decision follows detailed studies which concluded that extending INS Baaz’s 4,500-foot runway to 10,000 feet was impractical due to terrain limitations, navigational challenges and infrastructure constraints.Officials also noted that expansion could have posed greater risks to tribal settlements, forests and wildlife habitats compared to the proposed new site.The new airport will serve both civilian and military aviation requirements, remaining under naval operational…

Ali Mammadov, Modern War Institute When NATO leaders gather in Ankara in July, they will be meeting in the capital of one of the alliance’s most strategically important and politically… Source link

by Nilesh KunwarArmy’s Disreputable RecordThe 2006 Human Rights Watch (HRW) report on human rights violations in Pakistan occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoK) draws its title “With Friends Like these…” from Muzaffarabad resident Mir Afzal Suleri’s remark that “Pakistan says they are our friends and India is our enemy. I agree India is our enemy, but with friends like these, who needs enemies?” Though made two decades ago, this pithy comment is as relevant today as it was then, and the brutal clampdown on the ongoing peaceful public protests in PoK proves this point.This HRW report merits deliberation as it concedes…