There are distinct signs of progress in Afghanistan, thanks to Zalmay Khalilzad, who last year took over as US special representative to the reconciliation process.
Former CEO Howard Schultz once told shareholders those who opposed his support of same-sex marriage were free to invest elsewhere. But now, CEO Brian Niccol seems to be selling Starbucks as a place that just, well, sells coffee.
New CPI series will take 2024 as base year, will provide more accurate measure of inflation, spending on digital services. Expected to enhance representation and reliability, says Saurabh Garg.
Tajikistan did not want to extend the lease because of apparent pressure from Russia & China over non-regional military personnel at the air base, it is learnt.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
So what exactly did the United States gain by delaying the inevitable from 1972 to 1975 in Vietnam … It becomes difficult for a superpower to acknowledge that either its initial decision to go to war in a distant land was ill conceived or, even if justified to begin with, has lost its continued rationale. It seems a poor justification to hang on in Afghanistan just to send a message to the Taliban, We can continue to bleed some more. The proposed peace deal in Afghanistan is long overdue. Instead of wasting many on the pursuit of a forlorn war, the effort should be to send substantial financial assistance to the country for its reconstruction and the welfare of its brave people, especially its girls and women.
So what exactly did the United States gain by delaying the inevitable from 1972 to 1975 in Vietnam … It becomes difficult for a superpower to acknowledge that either its initial decision to go to war in a distant land was ill conceived or, even if justified to begin with, has lost its continued rationale. It seems a poor justification to hang on in Afghanistan just to send a message to the Taliban, We can continue to bleed some more. The proposed peace deal in Afghanistan is long overdue. Instead of wasting many on the pursuit of a forlorn war, the effort should be to send substantial financial assistance to the country for its reconstruction and the welfare of its brave people, especially its girls and women.