On April 12, 2017, the US President, Donald Trump, reversed his position on a number of foreign policy issues, for which he was effectively elected for. Trump presented himself as anti-Establishment and someone who represented the true American populace who lost their jobs to China and who the political elite have neglected.

 After being deferred twice in the past few months, Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is in India this week. This visit, Hasina’s first state visit in seven years, has been long in the making and New Delhi is hoping to showcase it as an important part of its neighborhood policy. Breaking protocol, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi went to the airport to receive Hasina personally

The head of Tajikistan Border Committee, Mir Ali Razeqoof, has said that in late 2016, the military officials of a foreign country have met with Afghan militant groups in seven northern provinces. Razeqoof added: “In November 2016, the military authorities of a foreign country, in an unofficial trip, have visited Badakhshan, Takhar, Kundoz, Balkh, Baghlan, Sar-e-Pul, and Faryab provinces to discourse with the chief commanders of terrorist groups.”

Within our legitimate self-defense rights according to the 51st Article of the UN Convention, Operation Euphrates Shield which was initiated in coordination with the Coalition Forces on August 24, 2016, which aimed bringing down the existing terrorists in the region and ensuring our border security especially the members of Terrorist Organization ISIS, which threatens the security of our country and our people, was successfully completed.