Volume II, Issue 12 | - December 2021

A statement issued by the TTP gave out details of the six-point agreement that it had reached with the government under the aegis of the “Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan” (IEA) on Oct 25, 2021.39 According to the agreement, both sides had accepted that the IEA would play the role of a mediator and that the government would release 102 "imprisoned mujahideen" and hand them over to the TTP through th. [...] According to them, this is not the end of the war, but is a part of the war.”41 A recent study conducted by the Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Study (PICSS) shows that despite the one-month ceasefire with TTP, the number of militant attacks did not drop.42 The average number of militant attacks per month in Pakistan rose from 16 in 2020 to 25 in 2021, which was the highest after 2017. [...] The tribal districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were the second most affected region of the country, while Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, other than the tribal districts, was the third most affected region.43 Adding to the instability on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, there was a clash between the Pakistan Army and Taliban forces on December 23 when the latter stopped the Pakistani military from erecting an "il. [...] The meeting reviewed the implementation of the CPEC projects in Gwadar and deliberated upon the future course of action with regard to the development of the city, port, and the free zone. [...] In a statement on December 19, 2021, the Maldives foreign ministry expressed concern at the “attempts to spread misguided and unsubstantiated information to propagate hatred towards India.” 162 The statement went on to note that the false allegations may “also affect the safety and security of their citizens in the Maldives and Maldivians living abroad.”163 The Maldives President’s Chief of Staff.