Afghan officials feared the deal could’ve spurred a violent period similar to the civil war in the 1990s and put the Taliban in an even stronger position.
Trump tweeted that he cancelled secret meetings with the Taliban & Afghan President Ashraf Ghani due to Thursday’s Kabul bombing that killed a US soldier.
US-Taliban draft peace deal is the latest promise of a break from the past, but in the last 200 years, Afghanistan has seen many such moments lead to more chaos.
It’s time to end the Afghan war but a schedule tied to US political calendar would encourage the Taliban to drag out talks and then seize power outright.
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Trump doesn’t want to send troops necessary for complete victory. But he doesn’t want to suffer the political embarrassment of a complete US withdrawal.
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While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
In the normal course, the US President convening an unconventional meeting in Camp David could have led to the Afghan government and the Taliban – already scheduled to start talking soon – shedding some of their reservations about each other. The final push which eluded Ambassador Khalilzad over nine rounds of meetings. However, President Trump has not built up a fine record of bringing knotty problems to graceful resolution. Hence this looks like reentry into the atmosphere with a damaged heat shield. 2. The trade war with China was unprovoked, unnecessary, is damaging the global economy and may cost the great man his reelection. 3. Iran was a concluded chapter. No justification for creating a crisis. The Iranians, although a fraction of China, too are standing upright, the best way to deal with a bully. 4. Without a Palestinian state, there can be no lasting solution. The deal of the century has a snowflake’s chance of survival. 5. On North Korea, President Trump could have pulled something off. Even today, some relief on sanctions is merited, which might lead to better outcomes. 6. The burnout with the Taliban must be cause for celebration in MEA, hopefully with something more appetising than nimbu paani.
In the normal course, the US President convening an unconventional meeting in Camp David could have led to the Afghan government and the Taliban – already scheduled to start talking soon – shedding some of their reservations about each other. The final push which eluded Ambassador Khalilzad over nine rounds of meetings. However, President Trump has not built up a fine record of bringing knotty problems to graceful resolution. Hence this looks like reentry into the atmosphere with a damaged heat shield. 2. The trade war with China was unprovoked, unnecessary, is damaging the global economy and may cost the great man his reelection. 3. Iran was a concluded chapter. No justification for creating a crisis. The Iranians, although a fraction of China, too are standing upright, the best way to deal with a bully. 4. Without a Palestinian state, there can be no lasting solution. The deal of the century has a snowflake’s chance of survival. 5. On North Korea, President Trump could have pulled something off. Even today, some relief on sanctions is merited, which might lead to better outcomes. 6. The burnout with the Taliban must be cause for celebration in MEA, hopefully with something more appetising than nimbu paani.