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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 (Retd.)
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
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
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)
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)
IS-K has links with Taliban, Haqqani network, says Amrullah Saleh
Kabul [Afghanistan], August 27 (ANI): The self-proclaimed 'caretaker' President of the Afghanistan Amrullah Saleh on Friday said that the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (IS-K) has links with the Taliban and the…
