Dr. Simrit Kahlon It is now more than a month since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan post the withdrawal of the US and NATO forces. The month gone by has witnessed considerable violence in the crisis prone country with a debilitating military operation in its Panjsher Province whose outcome is not very clear. This apart, while the Taliban is wrestling with internal … [Read more...] about India’s role in the global post-conflict vision for Afghanistan
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Afghanistan on the brink: Challenges for India and the world
Jasbir Sarai The inevitability of Taliban control over the whole of Afghanistan within a year or two of the US leaving the country was quite well appreciated. What was not appreciated was the speed with which it happened. According to reports, the Taliban is already in control of Kabul whose fall now coincides with the Independence Day of India. Mazar-e-Sharif and … [Read more...] about Afghanistan on the brink: Challenges for India and the world
Clintons double speak spells disaster for South Asia
Bureau Report “This was an especially important visit because we have reached a turning point,” said US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday, May, 27, while launching a political salvo to take back Pakistan into the US embrace all over again.. “We look to the government of Pakistan to take decisive steps in the days ahead,” she added without spelling out what the steps … [Read more...] about Clintons double speak spells disaster for South Asia