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TopicAfghanistan

Topic: Afghanistan

Jammu drone attack shows the difficulty of separating Kashmir issue from geopolitics

Drone attack on Jammu Air Force station shows the limits of tactical moves such as the LoC ceasefire and relaxation of political tensions in J&K.

India playing the Taliban move won’t checkmate Pakistan

New Delhi’s shift is more about India feeling that it has come of strategic age and less about beefing up its security.

‘World knows what Pakistan brought to Afghanistan’: India slams Pakistan over Qureshi remark

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.

Why Modi govt is suddenly ‘looking west’, talking to the Taliban and Pakistan

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.

Turkey gears up for risky Afghan mission that no one else wants

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.

To be or not to be in Afghanistan is not an easy question for India

Abandoning Afghanistan is also a policy option for Delhi, similar to the Tibet situation of 1962.

New Delhi’s role in Afghanistan after US exit — what India, Afghan NSAs plan to discuss

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.

Terrorist sanctuaries must be dismantled for enduring peace in Afghanistan, says Jaishankar

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.

Pakistan won’t host US bases in Afghanistan, ‘paid heavy price’: PM Imran in Washington Post

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.

In the subcontinent, a reboot is being attempted and US is everywhere—Delhi, Islamabad, Kabul

The outcome of 24 June talks between Modi and Kashmir leadership is bound to go a long way in putting a ballast into the India-Pakistani back-channel.

On Camera

Hasina’s was a trial in absentia, but not a trial without justice

The Sheikh Hasina trial represents an inflection point in the struggle to place citizens above rulers and prevent the next massacre.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

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.

Can’t stay behind tech curve anymore, must catch up—Vice Chief of Navy Staff ahead of Swavlamban 2025

New Delhi: Noting that India cannot afford to stay behind the technology curve when it comes to war-fighting, Vice Chief of the Naval Staff...

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

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.