- 20 April, 2024
Geopolitics & National SecurityAfghanistan under 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)
How Long Can The Taliban 2.0 Last
The lightning speed with which the provincial capitals in Afghanistan, starting early August, fell in quick succession, leading the Taliban fighters to Kabul by mid August 2021, belying all predictions…
By Col Deepak Kumar
Deliberate Loss of War by the US to Taliban
According to the international media, “The fall of Afghanistan on 15 August 2021 happened quicker than it was expected. The passport and visa agencies got overwhelmed when the Taliban took…
By Mursal Noorzai
Impact of Taliban’s “Victory” on Global Islamist Terrorism
US led Global War on Terror has had a stifling effect on most Islamist terror groups around the world since its start in 2001. However, the chaotic and haphazard US…
By Col Deepak Kumar
India’s Options in Afghanistan
On 26 September 2001, a small U.S. Central Intelligence Agency operatives team arrived in the Panjshir Valley in Afghanistan. As described in Gary Schroen’s book First In, this vanguard set…
By Lt Gen D S Hooda (Retd)
Taliban and Kashmir – Those Who Do Not Learn from History are Doomed to Repeat It
While the world stood watch, Taliban took over absolute control over Afghanistan, excepting a small part of the Panjshir area. The question that now looms large is the impact of…
By Mr S P Vaid
What Next For India in Afghanistan?
The fall of Panjshir valley is one of despair for millions of Afghans who had pinned hopes on the success of the National Resistance Force (NRF). For the global powers…
By Major Sunil Shetty (Retd)
The West Owes Qatar a Favour Over Afghanistan
DUBAI (Reuters) - Since the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, the world's top diplomats have been beating a path to Qatar, long the gateway to the Taliban and now the essential…
By PTI and Chanakya Forum
Faiz Hameed’s Mission Imposition in Kabul
The visit of Pakistan’s spymaster, DG ISI Lt Gen Faiz Hameed, to Kabul in full public glare has not only re-confirmed what the world has known for long – the…
By Sushant Sareen
Pakistan Riding the Taliban Tiger
“He who rides a tiger is afraid to dismount” - Chinese Proverb The accepted Westphalian sovereign international order of State responsibility and westernised societal behaviour stands threatened by the rise…
By Lt Gen Vinod Bhatia (Retd)
Afghanistan- No Last Word Yet
Sher Mohammed Abbas Stanikzai, the head of Taliban’s Doha office, has met our ambassador in Doha at his request. This contact was preceded by his interview with an Indian TV…
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…
