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Two soldiers martyred in Razmak blast

report in The News,November 23, 2023RAWALPINDI: Two soldiers were martyred in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast on the route of a security forces convoy in North Waziristan on Wednesday. The IED exploded in Razmak, North Waziristan, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. Two soldiers Lance Naik Ehsan Badshah, 33, a resident of District Karak, and Lance Naik Sajid Hussain, 30, a resident of District Kurram, embraced Shahadat. “A sanitization operation is being carried out…

Desperate youths from Maoist heartland hit US wall

by Janakraj Sapkota in The Kathmandu Post, June 25, 2023Bharat Budha, chair of Putha Uttarganga Rural Municipality’s ward 10, knows that many youths from his village have made it to the United States via ‘tallo bato’—backdoor route—and that many are still on the way. He also knows that eight of them have been deported from the country and that they have lost a cumulative Rs45 million in the process. The deported youths say that they…

Afghan Drug Trade; Cartels, Trafficking Route, and Government Complicity

By Fidel Rahmati in Khaama Press, May 30, 2023Several related economic activities are involved in Afghanistan drug trafficking. Cartels maintain a symbiotic relationship with the Taliban by giving farmers advances to plant ephedra and opium while providing the financial assistance necessary to keep the jihadist proto-state alive. These cartels use Pakistani sources to facilitate the acquisition of chemicals required to produce drugs. In addition, diverse nationalities are used as hostages until their cartels can afford…