Afghanistan is one of just two countries in the world where polio remains endemic. Also, only 0.6% of adults are fully vaccinated against Covid, as compared to global average of 23.6%.
As Sullivan defended US President's decision, he said that it won't be right to ask American soldiers to risk their lives to maintain presence near Tajikistan, Pakistan or Iran.
I, General Twitter, keep reading Western propaganda that Taliban don’t care about women rights, human rights or any rights. That is right, I have trained my warriors for better stuff.
The West might have abandoned Afghanistan but cannot afford the optics of widespread destruction, a televised man-made calamity for which it is responsible.
Biden would be wise to reject proposals that try to leverage US assistance to reform the Taliban. It was bad enough that he abandoned Afghanistan despite warnings of his military leaders.
ThePrint's Nayanima Basu recounts her harrowing last day in Kabul when she had to dodge gunfire, chaos and tackle the Taliban to reach the Indian embassy before being evacuated to Delhi.
At a press conference, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Afghanistan won't harbor anyone targeting other nations and asserted it wanted private media to remain independent.
Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?
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.
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