The decision to hold the meet under Indian presidency came 2 days after EAM Jaishankar spoke to his Afghan counterpart on convening an emergency session to stop Taliban’s violence.
India is yet to comment on the meeting scheduled to be held in Qatar on 11 August. Talks under the same format had earlier taken place on 18 March and 30 April.
Over the last month, the Taliban have gained control of at least eight of 14 customs posts along Afghanistan’s borders with Iran, Pakistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan.
The fear of the Taliban in J&K is a figment of imagination. As the Northern Army Commander in 2007-8, I had carried out a study to put an end to wild rumours.
In an interview to Financial Times, Pakistan NSA Moeed Yusuf says that if the US believes Pakistan plays a 'make or break' role in Afghanistan, then President Biden should call PM Khan.
The council expressed deep concern over the high levels of violence in the war-torn country and reaffirmed that there is no military solution to the conflict.
India's projects related to BIMSTEC, Look-East-Act-East and Indian Ocean Rim Association could suffer a setback, impacting trade with South Asia and the South-South Cooperation agenda.
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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