The highlights this week: Pakistan reportedly makes an offer to the United States to develop and operate an Arabian Sea port , an internet outage in Afghanistan sows confusion about the Taliban’s intent, and India sets a date for a key state election in Bihar .

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The highlights this week: Pakistan reportedly makes an offer to the United States to develop and operate an Arabian Sea port, an internet outage in Afghanistan sows confusion about the Taliban’s intent, and India sets a date for a key state election in Bihar.

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What to Make of Pakistan’s Port Pitch

Last week, the Financial Times reported that several advisors to Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir had approached the Trump administration with an offer for U.S. investors to build and operate an Arabian Sea port in Pasni, a fishing village in Balochistan province, for commercial purposes.

According to the Times, the port would facilitate U.S. access to Pakistan’s critical minerals, including through the development of a rail terminal. A senior Pakistani official told local media that Munir had no official advisors—meaning that anyone cited in the Times would be informal advisors discussing a port proposal not endorsed by the Pakistani state.

Still, Islamabad has not denied that such an offer was made.