Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on September 18 that he has initiated a dialogue with the Taliban for the formation of an inclusive government in Afghanistan. The announcement was made a day after his meeting with the leaders of Afghanistan’s neighbours, including China, Russia, Iran and Tajikistan on the side-lines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization…
Americans do not take their failures kindly and this singular factor has the potential of derailing Afghanistan’s otherwise assured journey towards peace and prosperity. Blocking access of Afghan Central Bank to Afghan national funds invested and parked in the US could only be the starting point of this nasty campaign. The head of Afghanistan’s central…
The Taliban are asking for a political deal, they are likely to be a leading partner in the forthcoming semi-inclusive political dispensation of Afghanistan. All eyes are focused on the US sponsored intra-Afghan dialogue, the international community awaits with bated breath whether there would, at all, be a treaty or the Korea model of ending…
In an unprecedented development, the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (UK) on January 14 held a debate on the “critical situation” in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK), rejecting the argument that “Kashmir is an internal matter of New Delhi”. The debate on IIOJK, proposed by Labour MP Sarah Owen, saw all…
Indian National Security Adviser Ajit Doval travelled to Kabul on January 13, it was a previously unannounced visit at a time when the second and most crucial phase of intra-Afghan dialogue began in Doha on January 05. He met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, head of Afghan Peace Council Dr Abdullah Abdullah and Afghan National…
Former US president Barack Obama has made interesting comments about the utility of sustaining anti-Pakistan sentiment in India. The quickest route to national unity in India is “expressing hostility toward Pakistan,” commented Obama in his new book “A Promised Land.” The book was released on November17. Former Indian prime minister, Manmohan Singh had told Obama…
After the release of an appalling report by Australian Defence Force about the killing of Afghan prisoners and civilian by its Special Forces, China has demanded a thorough probe into the alleged war crime. China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lijian Zhao at a news conference on November 27 condemned that act of murdering civilians by Australian…
Interestingly, President Donald Trump continues to behave like the winner of the 2020 presidential elections. He is adamant to ensure substantial troops cut in Afghanistan. On November 13, the Pentagon announced that Trump would sharply reduce the number of US forces in Afghanistan from 4,500 to 2,500 by mid-January. As the Afghan peace process faces…
President-Elect Joseph Robinette Biden Jr’s strategic dilemma would be whether to embark upon a fast track bold damage reduction trajectory or take a cautious damage control route. The thought of Donald Trump getting more votes than all previous presidents of the US will, at least, keep pricking Biden’s continence. America’s 2020 Presidential Election has reinforced…
The RSS-BJP government in India is facing serious problems. Its economy is likely to contract by 9 percent of its GDP due to mismanagement of the Covid-19 pandemic. It has faced a humiliating military defeat from China in the form of an unconditional abdication of its politico-military objectives and surrender of over 1000 square kilometers…
