International Relations in India & Beyond
Background Relations between India and Afghanistan dates back to the Indus Valley civilization. Following Alexander’s brief occupation, the successor state of the Seleucid Empire controlled the region today known as Afghanistan. In 305 BCE, much of...
In light of the stark warning by NATO Secretary-General Mr Jens Stoltenberg, warns of the high price if troops leave Afghanistan. “We now face a difficult decision. We have been in Afghanistan for close...
Superpowers don’t lose wars, they lose interests. Well, that’s just an explanation cum excuse. The fact is, America has lost in Afghanistan. Afghanistan is easy to invade, difficult to conquer and impossible to rule...
As the intra-Afghan negotiation goes on in Doha, the Afghan Government and the Taliban, in a historic first, are directly engaging with each other, in a bid to possibly end a four-decade-old war in...
Afghanistan may be independent, but is it free? It has a state, but does it have a nation? A nation-state is not just a territorial entity. It is also an idea, a habit, a...
The head of the Afghan government High council for national reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah called for an altruistic truce between the Afghan government and the Taliban. This is regarded as the first-ever peace talks held...
Located between the Indian Subcontinent and the Central Asian region, Afghanistan is one of the earliest nation-states that came into being in the broader region. Despite this, the nation has been marred with conflict...
With the impending withdrawal of US and NATO forces from Afghanistan, the most pressing question is will there be an end to war, or a continuation of violence? The lack of progress in the...
A US intelligence community assessment has concluded that the Russian intelligence paid bounties to Taliban-affiliated militants to kill the coalition forces in Afghanistan, including US personnel, The New York Times has reported, adding that...
Democracy:- The government of the people, for the people, by the people. We will come to later to the essence of the definition of democracy in this article…. After the Taliban has expressed its...
