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International Dealmaking 17/01/2023

The unassuming Kabul guest house at the heart of China's Afghan business networks

Spotlight

International Dealmaking 10/01/2023

Terminals Holding: Abu Dhabi's strategic tool to extend influence among allies

The flags of Afghanistan and the UAE in Kabul, Afghanistan, on 24 May 2022. © Ali Khara/Reuters

Abdul Haq Wasiq in 2019. © Karim Jaafar/AFP

Spymaster

Government Intelligence 06/01/2023

Abdul Haq Wasiq struggles to hold reins of bureau dominated by Haqqanis

The Intelligence Gazette

Government Intelligence 12/12/2022

France/Syria - French company Smart Pegasus remains under sanctions for participating in Syrian chemical weapons program.
United Kingdom - Opposition MP's push parliamentary Economic Crime Committee project.
Sweden/Latvia - Swedish anti-fake news agency shines at NATO's StratCom.
Pakistan/Afghanistan - ISI investigates attempted assassination of Pakistani ambassador in Kabul.
North Macedonia - Skopje intelligence chief learns the rope at NATO.
China - People's Liberation Army tests modern urban warfare techniques to hone Taiwan strategy.

The Intelligence Gazette

Government Intelligence 07/11/2022

United States: CIA experimenting to solve HR crisis
Turkey/Palestine/Afghanistan: Istanbul hosts Hamas-Taliban rapprochement
Georgia: Tbilisi looks into its oligarchs
France: DPR still not entitled to know about operations in progress
Russia: Moscow's foreign affairs ministry reassesses view of China
Afghanistan/Europe: Europe's greater numbers of repatriated Afghans

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Government Intelligence 03/11/2022

Saudi spymaster Khaled bin Ali Al Humaidan mediates between Islamabad and Kabul

Keen to resolve tensions with its Taliban neighbours, Pakistan has called on Saudi Arabia's help to mediate but those efforts have been unsuccessful for the moment. [...]

The Intelligence GazetteGovernment Intelligence 24/10/2022

CIA and Taliban, UK geospatial intel, Russian control centre in Ukraine, Serbian BIA

Appointments, reforms and key issues: every Monday, Intelligence Online serves up snippets of news, big and small, from the global intelligence community. This week we hone in on Doha, Baghdad, London and Moscow. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 22/09/2022

Opcit Research to serve as UN terrorism look-out in Afghanistan

With high-level diplomatic meetings in full swing in Central Asia, and Afghanistan one of the main subjects of discussion, the UN has called in one of its regular contractors to help it gain a better understanding of the area. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 20/09/2022

Massoud hires consultant to drum up US support for Afghan National Resistance Front

More than a year after the Taliban captured Kabul, the Afghan National Resistance Front led by Ahmad Massoud is seeking to better organise its troops. It is currently seeking support in Washington, where it has recruited a lawyer well versed in Afghan affairs, Donald Pierce Moore. [...]

Ahmad Massoud, leader of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan.

Government Intelligence 19/09/2022

French foreign ministry puts Afghanistan on hold

The French foreign ministry's team responsible for Afghanistan has been dismantled. For the moment no one has been appointed to replace outgoing ambassador David Martinon. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 07/07/2022

French security company Amarante strengthens its EU support team in Afghanistan

Brussels, which is determined to reinforce its diplomatic representation in Kabul, plans to increase the number of staff it employs there, relying on French company Amarante International to provide the necessary protection. [...]

Government Intelligence 17/06/2022

Haqqani Network threatens to break away from main Taliban movement with Pakistani backing

Showing unprecedented pragmatism, the Haqqani Network has criticised the Taliban rulers of Afghanistan for their religious radicality and is increasingly looking to take an independent line from the rest of the movement. [...]

Government Intelligence 14/06/2022

Central Asian spymasters want to return Russia's focus to Afghanistan

Silovik chief Nikolai Patrushev is still taking part in discussion forums run by Central Asia's intelligence chiefs worried about the Taliban security risk. But with all their efforts focused on the war in Ukraine, Russia's armed forces have been forced to gradually disengage from that part of the world. [...]

The Intelligence GazetteGovernment Intelligence 09/05/2022

Afghan planes in Tashkent, Russian military engineers decorated, DNI

Appointments, reforms and the issues at stake: every Monday, we serve up snippets big and small from the global intelligence community. This week, we go from Paris to Tashkent, Washington, Brussels and Kabul. [...]

Government Intelligence 05/05/2022

Taliban out of favour with Islamabad over worsening security situation

A worsening security situation, the rise of the local branch of Islamic State and a cooling of support from Pakistan are just some of the difficulties facing Afghanistan's increasingly divided Taliban. [...]

Government Intelligence 14/04/2022

Guoanbu calls on ISI to cooperate with Taliban secret services

Concerned by the security situation in Afghanistan, China has spoken with the Taliban in order to secure its interests, all with the help of Pakistani spymasters. [...]

Government Intelligence 11/03/2022

Taliban seek funds to finance new army

Still persona non grata in international politics, the Taliban are hoping to negotiate their first contracts with the West and shed sanctions paralysing their ambitions in Afghanistan. The Biden administration does not, for the moment, have any plans to shift its position. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 27/01/2022

Triple Canopy's phantom Ugandan legion comes back to haunt Constellis

The Constellis subsidiary went to Uganda to hire cheap labour to operate its Pentagon security contract at the Shorab base in Afghanistan. [...]

Government Intelligence 23/12/2021

Riyadh renews contact with Taliban via Pakistani intelligence

Saudi Arabia, which is keen to find a new role for itself in Afghanistan, has contacted Pakistan's omnipresent Inter-Services Intelligence, which is already engaged in helping rebuild the Taliban army. Riyadh sees Afghanistan as offering a new opportunity to counter the activities of its rival, Iran, which is watching the new Saudi-Pakistani partnership uneasily. [...]

Corporate Intelligence 21/12/2021

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ALL ARTICLES - AFGHANISTAN

The unassuming Kabul guest house at the heart of China's Afghan business networks

Terminals Holding: Abu Dhabi's strategic tool to extend influence among allies

Abdul Haq Wasiq struggles to hold reins of bureau dominated by Haqqanis

France/Syria - French company Smart Pegasus remains under sanctions for participating in Syrian chemical weapons program.

United Kingdom - Opposition MP's push parliamentary Economic Crime Committee project.

Sweden/Latvia - Swedish anti-fake news agency shines at NATO's StratCom.

Pakistan/Afghanistan - ISI investigates attempted assassination of Pakistani ambassador in Kabul.

North Macedonia - Skopje intelligence chief learns the rope at NATO.

China - People's Liberation Army tests modern urban warfare techniques to hone Taiwan strategy.

United States: CIA experimenting to solve HR crisis

Turkey/Palestine/Afghanistan: Istanbul hosts Hamas-Taliban rapprochement

Georgia: Tbilisi looks into its oligarchs

France: DPR still not entitled to know about operations in progress

Russia: Moscow's foreign affairs ministry reassesses view of China

Afghanistan/Europe: Europe's greater numbers of repatriated Afghans

Saudi spymaster Khaled bin Ali Al Humaidan mediates between Islamabad and Kabul

CIA and Taliban, UK geospatial intel, Russian control centre in Ukraine, Serbian BIA

Opcit Research to serve as UN terrorism look-out in Afghanistan

Massoud hires consultant to drum up US support for Afghan National Resistance Front

French foreign ministry puts Afghanistan on hold

French security company Amarante strengthens its EU support team in Afghanistan

Haqqani Network threatens to break away from main Taliban movement with Pakistani backing

Central Asian spymasters want to return Russia's focus to Afghanistan

Afghan planes in Tashkent, Russian military engineers decorated, DNI

Taliban out of favour with Islamabad over worsening security situation

Guoanbu calls on ISI to cooperate with Taliban secret services

Taliban seek funds to finance new army

Triple Canopy's phantom Ugandan legion comes back to haunt Constellis

Riyadh renews contact with Taliban via Pakistani intelligence

TM4 provides key to Afghan security contracts under Taliban

Amarante goes back to Kabul to protect European diplomats

ISI concerned about alliance between Islamic State in Khorasan and Pakistan's Taliban

India's intelligence service RAW deployed in bid to influence Afghan affairs

Taliban high command split between Baradar and Haqqani Network supporters

Alexander Malkevich and Maxim Shugaley export Kremlin's PR business to Kabul

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