There are distinct signs of progress in Afghanistan, thanks to Zalmay Khalilzad, who last year took over as US special representative to the reconciliation process.
Crowded cities are rich because there is greater division of labour. The extent of the division of labour depends on the size of the market, wrote Sauvik Chakraverti in 2002.
With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
So what exactly did the United States gain by delaying the inevitable from 1972 to 1975 in Vietnam … It becomes difficult for a superpower to acknowledge that either its initial decision to go to war in a distant land was ill conceived or, even if justified to begin with, has lost its continued rationale. It seems a poor justification to hang on in Afghanistan just to send a message to the Taliban, We can continue to bleed some more. The proposed peace deal in Afghanistan is long overdue. Instead of wasting many on the pursuit of a forlorn war, the effort should be to send substantial financial assistance to the country for its reconstruction and the welfare of its brave people, especially its girls and women.
So what exactly did the United States gain by delaying the inevitable from 1972 to 1975 in Vietnam … It becomes difficult for a superpower to acknowledge that either its initial decision to go to war in a distant land was ill conceived or, even if justified to begin with, has lost its continued rationale. It seems a poor justification to hang on in Afghanistan just to send a message to the Taliban, We can continue to bleed some more. The proposed peace deal in Afghanistan is long overdue. Instead of wasting many on the pursuit of a forlorn war, the effort should be to send substantial financial assistance to the country for its reconstruction and the welfare of its brave people, especially its girls and women.