While it is unclear when Indian officials will be evacuated from Afghanistan, a fleet of Indian Air Force's C-17 Globemaster military transport aircraft is on standby to undertake evacuation missions.
Top Taliban leaders who were part of the negotiations in Doha arrived in Kabul, indicating that the Islamic Emirate is likely to take over control of the city and effectively the country.
Taliban fighters entered Kabul Sunday as Afghans and foreigners alike raced for the exit, signaling the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking Afghanistan.
Without a significant de-escalation in violence, Afghanistan will witness the highest ever number of civilian casualties in a single year since the UN's records began, UNHCR said.
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani tells nation he won’t let an ‘imposed war’ derail it as first forces of a Marine battalion arrive in Kabul to speed up US evacuation.
The directive underscores that Biden admin is preparing for the possibility the embassy will be overrun by the Taliban despite public assurances that the building remains in operation.
The fear of the Taliban in J&K is a figment of imagination. As the Northern Army Commander in 2007-8, I had carried out a study to put an end to wild rumours.
The 1996 India-Iran-Russia effort to contain the Taliban cannot be replicated in 2021;like Washington, Moscow has its own interests and so does Tehran.
The IndiGo crisis is nothing short of a threat to India’s stability. Could it be an experiment? Can this happen in any other crucial sector like power or railways?
RBI Handbook of Statistics shows state’s GSDP has more than doubled in past decade, finishing second behind Maharashtra. It has performed well across health & education parameters as well.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
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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