COUNTRY REVIEWS

South Asia

Afghanistan

• Pakistan and Afghanistan to discuss Saudi Arabia’s role in Afghan reconciliation process; International Crisis Group report on Afghanistan warns that the departure of NATO forces from Afghanistan in 2014 could be followed by the government's collapse; Two US troops killed in Eastern Afghanistan

Pakistan

• Pakistan and Russia have decided to support an “all-inclusive intra-Afghan dialogue”; Afghan security officials expel over 30 ‘Pakistani clerics’ from mosques in southern Kandahar province; Report: Pakistan is at high risk of food crisis

Bangladesh

• Khleda Zia visits China; USPACOM wants to build closer "military-military relations" with the Bangladesh Navy

Sri Lanka

• First round of nuclear talk between India and Sri Lanka held in New Delhi; Sri Lankan Foreign Minister to attend ACD in Kuwait; UNICEF Regional Director for South Asia meet President Rajapaksa; Sri Lanka lifts travel ban on Tamil Nadu; Sri Lankan to open consulate in Malbourne

Maldives

• High ranking Indian army official paid courtesy call on President; 40 years of diplomatic relations between China and Maldives; Ms Karin Hulshof, Regional Director for South Asia, UNICEF, meets President Waheed

East Asia

China

• China supports Russia’s G-20 Presidency; China-Japan plans to re-start Diaoyu talks; Beijing hopes to solve the frontier dispute with New Delhi through friendly negotiations; China wants friendly solution to frontier problem with India; Beijing issues White Paper on judicial reforms

Japan

• Japan-China spat over the Senkaku islands continues; Tokyo intends to resume its yen loans to Myanmar as early as next year; Japan plans to promote a cyber-security defense network with the ASEAN states

South Korea

• South Korean President Lee reiterates the importance of South Korea-Japan relations; South Korea to fully deploy ballistic missiles with a range of 550-800 km within five years

West Asia

Syria

• UN-Arab League peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi on regional tour; Syria death toll crosses 33,000

Jordan

• Jordan faces brunt of Syrian refugee crisis

Turkey

• Turkey intercepts Syrian Air passenger jet on illegal cargo suspicion; Syria bans Turkish flights over its airspace; Turkey heightens border security; Turkish PM Erdogan rebukes UNSC over Syria inaction

Africa

• Sudan and South Sudan seek foreign investment to rebuild economy; Egyptian citizenship granted to 50,000 Palestinians; 110 people injured in clash of opposite camps in Egypt; UN approves a resolution for international military intervention in Mali; Francophonie summit urges African role on Security Council; South African police arrest 72 miners of Gold Fields Kloof mines; 24 people killed in armed assault in Nigeria

DEFENCE REVIEW

National

• IAF undergoing massive modernization process

International

• Israel deploys Patriot Missiles near Haifa; Leon Panetta outlines an aggressive agenda to prevent cyber attack

INTERNAL SECURITY REVIEW

Jammu & Kashmir

• Jammu & Kashmir Government disclose number of missing youths who joined militancy; Union Home Minister to visit Jammu & Kashmir on October 12; Elections to Block Development Councils (BDC) a significant step; Fresh warnings against Panchs, Sarpanchs; Union Home Minister assures to fortify cross LoC trade; Indian Official: Pakistan has regrettably raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir at UN which is an integral part of India

North East India

• Peace agreement signed between Dima Halim Daoga (DHD) and Government; Garo militants killed in encounter; Northeast peace interlocutor meets anti-talks Bodo rebels; Repatriation of ULFA leader Anup Chetia among the top agendas of India-Bangladesh talks; Normal life hit by shutdown in Manipur

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) News

• National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) organizes 8th training programme to train Parliament security staff; Suspension of Operations (SoO) Agreement with National Democratic Front of Bodoland/Progressive (NDFB/P) extended

UNITED NATIONS (UN) REVIEW

• UN Biosafety meet ends with an agreement to advance work on living modified organisms; UN biodiversity calls for committing more resources to achieve targets by 2020; India calls for effective implementation of international frameworks for combating terrorism; India called on to play a larger role in protecting civilians from mass atrocities; India to pursue wider dialogue on internet-related policies on a global level; UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti extended for a year; Security Council considers international military force in Mali