Topic: India-Afghanistan
India says Pakistan not attending NSA talks on Afghanistan ‘unfortunate but not surprising’
The talks on 10 November, on the security situation in Afghanistan, will be hosted by NSA Ajit Doval. Russia, Iran and 5 Central Asian countries have confirmed their participation.
Pakistan & China among invitees as India looks to host NSA meet on Afghanistan next month
Meeting was supposed to take place in April amid concerns about Afghanistan ahead of NATO pullout. But worsening security situation in Afghanistan foiled it.
Afghanistan’s new Taliban govt has a clear Pakistan stamp and that’s bad news for India
With the Haqqani Network assuming a prominent role, it could be a challenge for India to even maintain people-to-people linkages or complete the pending evacuation exercise.
India unlikely to reopen Kabul embassy in near future, only people-to-people links to continue
After invalidating all visas in August after Taliban takeover of Kabul, India could start distributing e-visas as soon as international flight operations resume in Afghanistan.
India backed the wrong horse in Afghanistan, and has gone into a strategic sulk now
India’s actions in Afghanistan stem more out of pique for the triumph of radical Taliban and its mentor Pakistan, and less due to the lack of strategic options.
India’s domestic politics makes China-Pakistan nexus more potent in Taliban era
A China-Pakistan nexus may conclude now that India's domestic political churn presents opportunities to deal 'calculated blows' that provide greater potential to confine India.
India shouldn’t get militarily involved in Afghanistan, says ex-IAF chief Arup Raha
The former IAF air chief marshal said that the Taliban policy of China and Pakistan will backfire as a result of their 'dishonest purposes' for getting involved in Afghanistan.
No one knows what the new Taliban is. But the ‘good Taliban’ house of cards is down
As the global community directed its anger at Taliban and US President Joe Biden, India’s foreign minister S. Jaishankar told UNSC it can't be complacent about terror groups.
Taliban ‘conducting raids, door-to-door searches’ at vacant Indian Embassy, consulates
India’s Afghan missions were evacuated in light of perceived threat from terrorist organisations that are believed to have reared their heads again with the resurgence of Taliban.
India trained Afghan forces who joined Taliban govt. They can now be our ambassadors
India should not be timid to depend only on backchannel communications with a 'government' that may soon secure recognition from a sizeable number of countries.
Food combining ‘ayurvedic’ taboos are back as fad. It’s ok to mix fruits with vegetables
Popular tips on ‘food combining’ are floating on social media and are followed by many. But are we ready to look into the evidence?
Bezos, Branson & Musk — Are billionaires popularising space travel or just on an ego trip?
Jeff Bezos will travel to the edge of space in his New Shepard aircraft — more than a week after billionaire Richard Branson defeated him in a fast developing space race.