Regional countries, especially India, will have tremendous concerns about the US pullout from Afghanistan and the likelihood of a Taliban resurgence in the country, experts said.
Afghan FM Mohammad Haneef Atmar, who is visiting India, meets Jaishankar and Doval to discuss the Taliban peace deal, says Kabul seeks a greater role for India in the process.
Formally and openly engaging the Taliban is a high-cost strategy. But India has long supported dissidents and insurgents to stand for elections within its own boundaries.
The next few months will give India, Pakistan backchannel space to talk some more, enough for the Americans to unveil their new strategy on Afghanistan.
Giving peace a chance is out of the question in Afghanistan. Several recent attacks show someone in the neighbourhood is not happy with the way the peace talks are going.
The recent resignations of its seniormost judges are among the most pointed institutional protests Pakistan has witnessed since the lawyers’ movement of the late 2000s.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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