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The Indian Air Force's recent Exercise Rotor Clap III highlights efforts to counter drone threats, with potential implications for Pakistan. The drill, part of Mission Sudarshan Chakra, tested helicopter-based interdiction of low-flying drones, signaling a shift in India's air defense strategy. Pakistan may need to adapt its tactics in response.
China is normalizing its law enforcement presence in the waters east of Taiwan, following the announcement of boundary negotiations between Japan and the Philippines.
The Taliban's rule has led to the erasure of Afghan women and girls from public life, with over 20 million affected by restrictive decrees and directives.
Five years after the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan, the international community is still struggling to understand the movement's nature. This article explores why international policies based on the assumption that the Taliban would change were doomed to fail, and how the international community's analytical framework was ill-suited to understanding the Taliban's ideological identity.