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View: Pakistan’s duplicity will inspire home-grown terroristsA major reason why Pakistan has been facing increasing terrorist attacks inside the country is its continued pursuit of duplicity in the fi...
Fault lines in Pakistan-Taliban relationship emerge over Durand LineIslamabad was partly optimistic in the wake of the Taliban takeover. It hoped that the Taliban regime would accept the Durand Line's legiti...
NSA Doval meets Tajik, Uzbek counterparts a day before regional talks on AfghanistanThe two meetings assume significance as both Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are neighbours of Afghanistan and have been worried about any migrat...
NSA Ajit Doval holds bilateral talks with Tajik and Uzbek counterparts; focus on AfghanistanIndia is hosting the dialogue to firm up a common approach for practical cooperation in confronting increasing threats of terrorism, radica...
Important to incentivise Taliban so that they fulfil promises, says Pakistan PM Imran KhanRecently, according to a media report, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has called Afghanistan "more stable" after the Tali...
Taliban’s legitimacy now depends on UN benchmarks. But will this last?Why is any of this important? Because the UNSC resolution, in a way, laid down the first basic benchmarks — such as not allowing Afghanista...
Five challenges for the Taliban in AfghanistanThe last time the group was in power from 1996 to 2001, it imposed a harsh interpretation of Islamic law. They banned women from education ...
View: Taliban 2.0 is a coalition being pulled from both within and withoutTaliban 2.0 is a coalition arrangement held together by competing interests of not just the constituents, but also regional actors who want...
Taliban stop exports, imports from India"We keep a close watch on developments in Afghanistan.Imports from there come through the transit route of Pakistan. As of now, the Taliban...
Afghanistan fallout: Emboldened Pakistan deep state to repurpose terrorism as state policyThe dependence of an Afghan Taliban regime on neighbouring Pakistan will be quite high. It will count on Pakistan to do the diplomatic heav...
Left Afghanistan to avoid bloodshed, 'big human disaster', says President Ashraf GhaniTaliban insurgents swept into Afghanistan's capital on Sunday after a sudden and unprecedented collapse of the government, prompting presid...
View: Is a ‘National Reconciliation’ possible in Afghanistan?After remaining in a lull for a couple of years the Afghan political stalemate is escalating again following the NATO’s withdrawal of troop...
View: India and Russia at an Afghan crossroadsSince then, India’s and Russia’s roads in Afghanistan parted and the convergence of views disappeared into the blue. Moscow’s approach to t...
Peace talks between Taliban and Afghanistan open, in Doha, 19 years after 9/11 triggered warMajor players in the process, including Afghanistan's peace council chairman Abdullah Abdullah and Taliban leader Mullah Baradar Akhund, an...
Afghan talks must not undermine legitimacy of state: Salman KhurshidAfghan Taliban last month opened a political office in Qatari capital Doha and expressed willingness to hold peace talks with Afghan govern...
- US Special Representative for Afghanistan, Pakistan in India
"Ambassador Dobbins will discuss a range of issues, including the Afghan-led reconciliation process," said a US embassy statement here.
- Taliban a terrorist organisation, says India
As Taliban fighters began regrouping in Swat Valley, fears mounted around the world over increasing Talibanisation of Pakistan and possible...