Out of Afghanistan: US Needs to Rethink its Afghan Policy
The visit of the Afghan President and Chief Executive to Washington this week is crucial because it is likely to lay down the framework for future US engagement and involvement …
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Afghanistan: Rising violence, uncertain peace
“Our longest war will come to a responsible end,” declared US President Barack Obama during his Christmas address, reiterating to his domestic audience a commitment to bring the war in …
Read MoreAfghanistan won’t allow anti-India activities, says envoy
Amid India’s concerns about the impact of withdrawal of NATO forces in Afghanistan, Afghan Ambassador Shaida Mohammad Abdali has assured that his country will never allow its territory to be …
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Peshawar Massacre and the Afghan Endgame
Washington, Beijing, Moscow and now Kabul are convinced that Islamabad is serious about quelling terrorism this time around. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is said to have been apprised by the …
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Russia’s military pact with Pakistan in long-term interest of India, assures Putin
Russia’s military pact with Pakistan has triggered a wave of anxiety among India’s diplomatic-strategic establishment about the future of the much-touted special and privileged partnership between the two strategic partners. But Moscow feels such concerns are a gross-misreading, with President Vladimir Putin assuring that the pact with Pakistan was mainly aimed at counter-terrorism and underlined that it will only serve the long-term interests of India and Russia.
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New Afghan President sworn in, will sign pact with US
After tumultuous election campaign and deadlock over results in the polls, Afghanistan finally has a new President. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai was sworn in as the President on September 29. This …
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Modi cautions US on troops pull out from Afghanistan, cites mistakes made in Iraq
Beware of the mistakes made in Iraq was the essence of the message delivered by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the United States. Speaking at the forum of the …
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A turbulent beginning to a new phase in Afghanistan
The early euphoria, which had come to mark the first phase of the Afghan presidential elections, had long since evaporated by the time the final results were announced on September …
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India seeks SCO support to jointly counter terror
Seeking a bigger role in the six-nation Shanghai Corporation Organisation (SCO), India has underlined its intent to step up counter-terror cooperation with the SCO and warned against the globalisation of …
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