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.
US pullout from Afghanistan fits into pattern where it ‘lost’ Syria following futile intervention in its civil war, and Iraq, where it dismantled local power structures after ousting Saddam.
India shouldn’t be paranoid about a weakened Pakistan creating a new ‘Terroristan’. This is the best chance to focus on maritime power and opportunity rather than overland threats.
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.
While the Taliban have promised a more inclusive, progressive reign this time, Afghanistan watchers and residents are sceptical. The video appears to spell out these fears.
MP Tom Tugendhat gave an impassioned speech in House of Commons over NATO's 'abandonment' of Afghanistan, criticising Joe Biden's comments on Afghan military as 'shameful'.
Qureshi appealed to the Taliban and former rulers to formulate an all-inclusive political govt after mutual consultations and said nobody is ready to face bloodshed in Afghanistan.
China, which has long linked the Taliban with the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, is embracing the group's return to rule, a strategic U-turn that has left many feeling whiplashed.
From Mughal ports to Dutch wars to Bombay’s merchant dynasties, Gujarati Muslims once shaped the Indian Ocean world — long before one of their descendants took New York.
While main elements behind terror module have been nabbed, more arrests will take place, including some professors & academicians who were part of the ring, it is learnt.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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