Opinion

“Terrorist run government?” Afghanistan Status Uncertain

  New Delhi: The coming to power of Taliban 2.0 in Afghanistan gives rise to several questions and among them is  does it legitimise terrorism considering that most of the 33-member cabinet in Kabul are on...

Grand Opportunity for India to ‘Act West’ in the Middle East

  The signing of the Abraham Accords between Israel and four Arab countries—United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Sudan and Morocco—was a historic development for a fractious Middle East. For the first time, a group of...

America – Compounding Cowardice

  Behind the continuing subterfuge of statements emanating from the US is the American excuse that Afghans must fight their own war. But did the Afghans ever ask the US to fight their war? America...

Checkmating China

Recognizing Taiwan: Establishing formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan after recognizing should be vigorously pursued by South Block. Indo-Taiwan ties date back to the early 1950s when Chiang Kai Shek, the ex-Chinese president and former head...

Afghanistan Redux: Why You Should Learn To Stop Worrying and Start Liking the Taliban

  Let me make it clear from the get go that I don’t like the Taliban the way lunatic jehadis in Pakistan – and nearer home – admire them. I kind of tolerate them like...

Davinder-Salwinder Saga and the Enemy Within

In January 2020, Deputy Superintendent of Police Davinder Singh of J&K Police was arrested travelling in a car with two hardcore terrorists of Hizbul Mujahideen on the Jammu-Srinagar highway. His arrest made huge headlines...

Chaos in Afghanistan! Who is Responsible?

  “It is the Collapse of US will……..They (Afghan People) know that Taliban was supported by ISI of Pakistan……….they also know that whole defence budget of Pakistan was supported by US financial aid…….US had the...

Lost in Afghanistan

  Eleven days changed the fate of Afghanistan much faster than expected as the US withdrawal date seemed to have been advanced by a month instead of 9/11 - the 20th anniversary of the Twin...

The Afghan Buzkashi

  The world is terrified as well as astonished. How the Taliban with a force of around 75,000 guerrilla fighters could so easily take over entire Afghanistan being manned by close to 3,00,000 trained soldiers...

How IAF Can Meet Its Desired Squadron Strength?

  The Indian Air force (IAF) is undergoing a phase of rapid modernization more so due to the ongoing India-China faceoff. Air-power would be the most important factor in any scenario especially against China, as...

Clash of Civilizations- A Reality

  The liberal order is once again in acute crisis, this time the focal point is Afghanistan. While a lot of articles, books and monographs have been written over the years, yet hardly any writer...

America’s Afghan Aim Achieved

  US President Joe Biden is adamant that America has achieved its aim in Afghanistan and that there are bigger threats than Taliban. He did not qualify whether the bigger threats are from China, Russia...

Talibanisation of Afghanistan

  The cat is finally out of the bag. The much spoken about Afghan National Defense Forces (ANDF) have capitulated to a rag tag outfit of the Taliban fire fighters in less than 15 days....
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