There is still no confirmation on base US drones are operating from. Pakistan says it ‘will not allow CIA to use bases on its soil for cross-border counterterrorism missions after US withdrawal’.
In the 15-nation Council, under India's presidency for the month of August, 13 member states voted in favour of the resolution while China and Russia abstained.
The Taliban has been assuring India that it faces no threat from them and instead welcomes trade and business ties. But New Delhi believes it is 'too early' to engage in any dialogue.
Taliban leader Mohammed Abbas Stanekzai, an IMA Dehradun graduate, has reached out to New Delhi. But the question is, can his possible links with Pakistan's ISI be ignored?
Chaos of American withdrawal following collapse of Ghani govt only underscores Afghanistan's fragility. Decisions the Taliban make will reverberate long into country's future.
US Tuesday officially ended its military presence in Afghanistan after a two-decade war, with a rushed withdrawal of over 123,000 people since 14 August when Kabul fell to Taliban.
Beheshta Arghand, who made news for interviewing Taliban earlier this month, says she fears what they could do to her, but says she'll return if group keeps its promises, & she feels safe.
Liberty without accountability is the freedom of the fool. Our concept of freedom will remain impoverished until it is deepened by liberal education, wrote Nani A Palkhivala in 1995.
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.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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