ISWNews Analysis Group: As a result of the fourth border conflict between Taliban militants and Iranian border guards in Doost Mohammad border region on July 31, several Taliban militants were killed and injured.
After the Azerbaijan attack on Monday, with the mediation of the Russian peacekeeping forces, the Azerbaijani army passed a calm day on Tuesday. Azerbaijan’s demand in Tuesday’s talks was the quick withdrawal of the remaining Armenian army and the disarmament of the Armenian militias of the Nagorno-Karabakh based on the 2020 ceasefire agreement. They also demand that no new route be created for Armenians in the Lachin Corridor and they also demand the withdrawal of Russian forces from Lachin. The lack of provision of these items has caused the second round of conflict to begin with the attack of the Azerbaijani army at 9 am on Wednesday, August 3.
On Monday, August 1, the Azerbaijani army planned to capture a number of areas in Nagorno-Karabakh. Although the Ministry of Defense of Azerbaijan considers this to be a lie in its statements, field evidence from inside Azerbaijan, the statement of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the reports of the Armenian and Russian media, and the information headquarters of Nagorno-Karabakh Armenians confirm this issue.
ISWNews Analysis Group: US President Joseph Biden announced the death of Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of the Al-Qaeda terrorist group in the recent US drone attack on the Afghan capital.
ISWNews Analysis Group: According to local sources, attacks by unknown drones on several points in the third and tenth districts of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan have led to several heavy explosions.
ISWNews Analysis Group: After the meeting of Tajik President Emomali Rahmon with the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation, the Russian Prosecutor General asked the Russian Supreme Court to include the Islamic Renaissance Party of Tajikistan in the country’s terrorist list.
The head of the US Central Intelligence Agency went to Armenia on an unannounced and unexpected trip and met with the country’s officials. Three days later, the head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service also visited Armenia. Considering the recent developments in the region, it seems that the political and military competition between Russia and the US has been extended to the Caucasus.
ISWNews Analysis Group: The militants of the Free People Front group attacked the positions of Taliban in Ghazni, Kapisa, Paktika and Herat provinces by declaring a general call for war against the Taliban.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Russian President Vladimir Putin met and discussed with Imam Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Revolution, about bilateral issues and the region of West Asia and Europe in Tehran.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Clashes between the Russian army and the Ukrainian army in the provinces of Donetsk, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson continues without any particular change in the conflict lines.
ISWNews Analysis Group: Mehdi Arslan, one of the Tajik Taliban commanders founded Tehrik-i-Taliban Tajikistan (TTT) in northern Afghanistan.
The continuation of protests in Kazakhstan, the economic and security crisis in Afghanistan, the suppression of popular protests in Badakhshan province of Tajikistan, the protests of the autonomous region of Karakalpakstan, and the high volume of sending military aid to the countries of the Central Asian region show the attention and competition of the western and eastern powers in this region.
