India’s security and strategic interests are in establishing a strong foothold in Kabul. This can be done through providing infrastructure support to Afghanistan.
'Deoband is our Madar-e-Ilmi (Mother of Knowledge),' Amir Khan Muttaqi said during visit to Islamic seminary. ThePrint looks at ties linking two sides & takeaways from meeting.
Asked about the total absence of female journalists at last week's press conference, which sparked a row, the Afghan minister said it was a 'technical issue'.
Afghan FM Muttaqi declared that if Islamabad “does not want” peace, it has “other options”. At least 15 Pakistani military personnel were killed Saturday after Taliban launched retaliatory strikes.
Priyanka, Rahul among leaders asking PM to 'clarify position' over women journalists' exclusion from Muttaqi's briefing Friday. Women journalists say male colleagues 'submitted their spine'.
Muttaqi will be in India till 15 Oct before returning to Afghanistan. Six-day visit will see meetings with a number of senior officials, while potential visits to Agra and Deoband are also on the cards.
Pakistan, as chair of the UNSC Committee overseeing the sanctions, had blocked India’s earlier request for a travel ban waiver for Muttaqi to visit the country in September.
Electoral competition now appears dominated by welfare delivery and governance metrics, but ideology has not disappeared in Tamil Nadu. Instead, it has become strategic.
India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.
Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.
China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.
However, the reputational risks should be carefully thought through. In each global forum, even those like SCO where raising bilateral issues is frowned upon, or the annual jamboree at UNGA, India flags cross border terrorism from Pakistan as a point of principle. No distinction between good and bad terrorists. Difficult to see how that can now be said with a straight face.
However, the reputational risks should be carefully thought through. In each global forum, even those like SCO where raising bilateral issues is frowned upon, or the annual jamboree at UNGA, India flags cross border terrorism from Pakistan as a point of principle. No distinction between good and bad terrorists. Difficult to see how that can now be said with a straight face.