ASIA TODAY Afghanistan, US raid kills al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri

Other news of the day: some sources confirm Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan and Chinese warplanes fly over the Strait; Beijing is expanding nuclear testing facilities in Xinjiang; in Pakistan, they could ban Imran Khan’s party.

AFGHANISTAN

The United States killed the leader of Al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, with a drone. The attack took place on July 30 in Kabul and was confirmed last night by President Joe Biden. A UN report claims that the Taliban (and the Haqqani network in particular) have long been known to protect al-Qaeda by violating the Doha accords.

CHINA – UNITED STATES – TAIWAN

Several sources confirmed the visit of the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, to Taiwan. She should arrive on the island this afternoon. “This visit is very dangerous and provocativeChinese Ambassador to the United Nations Zhang Jun said. The US delegation is in Malaysia today and Chinese warplanes have flown over the Taiwan Strait.

CHINA

Some satellite images obtained by Asian Nikkei suggest that China is expanding nuclear testing facilities in the Xinjiang Autonomous Region. The photos were taken at Lop Nur, the site where Beijing first conducted nuclear tests in 1964, which were discontinued 25 years ago.

INDONESIA-CAMBODIA

The violence that some Indonesian citizens trafficked in Cambodia had to suffer was recounted by relatives to Radio Free Asia. Through trickery, the victims were forced to work as online scammers in the notorious city of Sihanoukville. On July 30, the Cambodian police rescued 62 Indonesians.

PAKISTAN

The Pakistan Election Commission ruled that former Prime Minister Imran Khan and his party (the PTI) received illegal funds. The investigation, which ended today, lasted since 2014. The ruling could lead to the banning of the party because the Constitution has been violated by hiding the true financial statements from justice.

RUSSIA-SERBIA-KOSOVO

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that Russia supports Serbia’s claims against the unrecognized republic of Kosovo, whose current authorities have no rights over northern Kosovar Serbs, and that the countries that recognize it must avoid escalation of the conflict. , referring to the violent police crackdown in Metokhija on July 31.

UZBEKISTAN

The popular debate on the draft amendments to the Constitution of Uzbekistan, which sparked protests and riots in Karakalpakstan because it canceled the autonomy of the region, ended yesterday. The evaluation lasted a month and 117 thousand proposals were collected and delivered to the parliamentary commission.