MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi was responding to Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi’s remark that India's presence in Afghanistan is larger than it ought to be.
Talks with Taliban, J&K leaders, thaw with Pakistan are strategic imperatives for Modi govt. It can’t covet US as Quad ally in the east & work at counter-purposes with them in the west.
Looking to secure Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International, Turkish President has his eye on the possible rewards, like repairing ties with US that were strained by years of disputes.
NSA Ajit Doval is likely to meet his Afghan counterpart Hamdullah Mohib on the sidelines of the two-day SCO NSAs meeting that began Wednesday in Tajikistan.
During a UN Security Council debate Tuesday, Jaishankar said there should to be zero tolerance for terrorism including cross-border one, in an apparent reference to Pakistan.
In an op-ed for Washington Post, PM Imran Khan noted that further military action is futile, said Pakistan has learnt from its mistakes and won't choose sides any more in Afghanistan.
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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