If the US has withdrawn from Afghanistan to contain China then the credibility of the West as a security guarantor are not worth the paper they are written on.
A Norway-based intelligence group said there are also evidence of Taliban rounding up Afghans they believe worked in key roles with previous Afghan administration or with US-led forces.
Biden’s comments point to looming question of whether US will recognise Taliban as Afghanistan’s govt. US has taken steps to block money from going to them, & could use it negotiate terms.
Earlier in the day, US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that around 300 passengers are being put on an average military cargo plane heading out of Afghanistan.
The West might have abandoned Afghanistan but cannot afford the optics of widespread destruction, a televised man-made calamity for which it is responsible.
ThePrint's Nayanima Basu recounts her harrowing last day in Kabul when she had to dodge gunfire, chaos and tackle the Taliban to reach the Indian embassy before being evacuated to Delhi.
The ‘e-Emergency X-Misc Visa' for Afghans will be granted to individuals online after ‘required security checks’. It will initially be given for a period of six months.
Social worker who has been working on girl child education in Afghanistan for 2 years says 150-200 Indians stuck in nation. Waiting for MEA response to calls, emails, he adds.
Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.
November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.
Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).
Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.
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