While speaking to reporters Friday, Pakistan's NSA Moeed Yusuf said fall of city after city in Afghanistan underscores the need to expedite the peace process.
Jihadist groups based in the country, some with transnational agendas like al-Qaeda, now have a template for defeating governments backed by major powers.
Seizing power through military force is a losing proposition and one that can only lead to prolonged civil war or the complete isolation of Afghanistan, Guterres said.
This time, America didn’t just fight a war in Afghanistan but also invested a great deal of time, money and emotion in nation-building. Only to leave it like a possible Syria in South Asia.
UK Defence Secretary Ben Wallace was speaking on govt's decision to send in around 600 more troops to facilitate the safe exit of remaining UK personnel in Afghanistan.
Representatives from the UN & EU along with others joined a regional conclave Thursday, hosted by Qatar, to discuss ways to contain the escalating security situation in Afghanistan.
The Taliban have been targeting the Herat dam for weeks. According to a security guard, the dam ‘has witnessed 10 Taliban attacks in the past week, and 10 rockets have been fired’.
The move marks a further pullback of US diplomats as the Biden administration says it’s determined to proceed with a plan to pull out almost all American troops by 31 August.
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
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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