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TopicAfghan peace talks

Topic: Afghan peace talks

Afghanistan’s Abdullah Abdullah to visit India Tuesday, could urge Delhi to talk to Taliban

Abdullah Abdullah, who is considered to be a 'friend of India', is expected to meet External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval during his visit.

UK’s Covid-19 troubles & a peace deal that may have little in it for women

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US’ Afghan peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad to meet Jaishankar and Doval in Delhi today

Zalmay Khalilzad had last visited India in May to update New Delhi on Taliban peace talks. His Tuesday visit comes amid intra-Afghan talks going on in Doha.

As Taliban-Afghan govt talk peace, lessons from an Afghan hero killed 19 years ago

Ahmad Shah Massoud, the lion of Panjshir and arguably Afghanistan’s most well-known mujahideen fighter, had attempted to prevent civil war in 1995 but was killed by the Al Qaeda 6 years later. 

India asserts Afghanistan’s ‘national sovereignty’ as peace talks with Taliban start in Qatar

The long-awaited intra-Afghan dialogue between Kabul & Taliban is aimed at establishing a power-sharing deal that will help end decades of war in the country.

India took the high moral ground by not talking to Taliban and lost influence in Afghanistan

As US-Taliban signed a pact in Doha, India mixed up fact with fiction by claiming Afghanistan to be a "contiguous" neighbour.

Afghan peace will depend on whether Taliban will commit to ending its ties with al Qaeda

If provisions of the agreement that require the Taliban to break with terrorism are not public, their worth will be questionable.

4 key terrorists wanted by Pakistan killed since mysterious escape of Taliban leader

The four wanted terrorists have been killed within a month of ex-TTP spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan's escape from Pakistan Army custody.

Prisoner-hostage swap may help resume US-Taliban talks

The exchange of three Taliban members and two western hostages may not ensure direct talks, but it can help build mutual trust in order to restart discussions.

Absence from Afghan peace talks has hurt India. It’s time now to engage with Taliban

Just like the Ashraf Ghani regime, India has largely remained on the sidelines of theUS-Taliban peace negotiations. New Delhi can’t afford to anymore.

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Pakistan can’t bomb or bargain its way out of the TTP-TLP mess

Among the many problems Pakistan is currently dealing with, the TLP and TTP offer two varying dimensions of the same one.

Kerala’s silent startup surge—work near home, smooth roads, fast internet & diaspora engagement

Once seen as a fading presence on India’s investment & startup picture, the state is slowly moving up the ladder, with policy reforms & infrastructure building.

India & Israel ink agreement to share, co-develop & co-produce advanced defence tech

Agreement signed during 17th Joint Working Group (JWG) on defence cooperation. Defence Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh met Director General in Israeli Ministry of Defence Amir Baram Tuesday. 

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.