- 18 November, 2024
Foreign Affairs, Geopolitics & National SecurityAfghanistan Taliban
India’s Deft Engagement in Afghanistan
The first meeting between Indian officials and the Taliban leadership, after the Taliban takeover last year, took place in Kabul on 02 June 2022. Just prior to it, the 4th…
By Col Rajeev Agarwal (Retd)
ISKP: Pakistan’s Uncalculated Folly
With the growing crises in Ukraine, much of the focus has drifted away from the events in South and Central Asia. The recent bombing of a Shia mosque in Pakistan’s Peshawar received…
By Siddhant Kishore
European Union re-establishes physical presence in Afghanistan -spokesman
KABUL/BERLIN (Reuters) - The European Union said on Friday it was re-establishing a physical presence in Afghanistan for humanitarian purposes, but stressed it was not formally recognising the Taliban-led administration.…
“We are not deleting them”: Afghanistan’s Taliban promise progress on girls’ schooling soon
By Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's Taliban government said it would announce good news soon on older girls being allowed to go back to school, but urged the…
America’s Afghanistan Debacle – End of the Unipolar World
Entire world has been left aghast and outraged by the heartbreaking and horrendous images of desperate Afghans fleeing for their lives from Kabul, becoming hapless victims of IS-K suicide attack…
By Sonal Shukla
Lessons From Kabul Fiasco
The apex leadership of the Taliban which claims control over Kabul had deferred its ceremonial declaration of the launch of its regime on the twentieth anniversary of the 9/11 terror…
By Dr Seshadri Chari
Haibatullah Akhundzada: Shadowy Taliban supreme leader whose son was suicide bomber
(Reuters) - In one of the only known photographs of Taliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada, he stares directly at the camera - an expressionless face between a white turban and…
Contact With Taliban: Engagement Isn’t Endorsement
The news that the Indian ambassador in Doha had held a meeting with the head of the Taliban political office in the Qatari capital has led to a flurry of…
Afghanistan’s Economic Revival: On a Road to Nowhere
Afghanistan’s Economic Revival: On a Road to Nowhere Lieutenant General C A Krishnan (Retd) Afghanistan, historically, has been synonymous with turmoil and conflicts. The unending trail of conflicts continue unabated and…
Will rub their faces in the ground: Anti-Taliban fighters vow to protect Afghanistan
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 25 (ANI): Anti-Taliban fighters from Afghanistan's Panjshir province have vowed to fight the outfit, saying "We are going to rub their faces in the ground," local media…
Afghanistan: Show Me The Money!
Afghanistan: Show Me The Money! Sushant Sareen Capturing Afghanistan was the easy part; running Afghanistan is the more difficult and complicated part, especially on empty. A week after having occupied…
Taliban set up committee on media relations
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 22 (ANI/Sputnik): The Taliban said on Saturday that they are setting up a committee that will deal with the media. The trilateral committee will include a Taliban…
