The Kafkaesque world of Afghanistan
While the world’s largest democracy was celebrating its 75 glorious years of existence, an ode to its magnanimous struggle against an empire on which the sun never sets, not far from New Delhi, an...
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Why is the Taliban failing state-building?
Introduction All political calculations fell flat post the US pull-out from Afghanistan. In the past, several western political theorists correlate the US involvement in Afghanistan to the Weberian theory of ‘nation state’ and the...
India’s team visit to Kabul is a strategic move and a message to Pakistan
After the Taliban took over Kabul, Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed concerns and raised questions about the legitimacy of the new Afghan regime. He wanted the international community to decide on the critical question...
India’s Role in Rebuilding Afghanistan After Taliban
From the time immemorial till present, India maintained a cordial relation and good understanding with Afghanistan in the interest of the region as well as the country itself, except, when it was under the...
UN Security Council asks Taliban to allow Afghan girls to attend school
The United Nations Security Council has expressed deep concern over a decision by Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers to deny girls access to high school education and called on the group to reopen schools for female...
Afghan girls head back to school as Taliban end ban
Groups of girls headed back to class in the Afghan capital Wednesday after Taliban authorities announced the reopening of secondary schools, more than seven months after seizing power and imposing harsh restrictions on the...
False Promises of UN in Countering International Terrorism
The United Nations Organization (UNO) failed to define “what is terrorism”. The undemocratic structure of the UN Security Council (UNSC) and its VETO power is serving the interests of only P-5 countries Expansion of...
Islamic State claims responsibility for attack in Herat, Afghanistan
Islamic State claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on Saturday in the western Afghan city of Herat, it said in a post on Telegram on Sunday. At least six people were killed when a...
Deconstructing Western Feminist Sympathies Vis-à-Vis The Afghan Women
Scene 1:- The curtain cleaves a moment frozen in time: Dust from 70’s Kabul hangs mid-air as a clique of young women makes its way downtown. What stark contrast their vivacity to the grim...
The last days
The year 2021 is in its last days, as the world moves away from 2021 and begin to absorb the realities of tomorrow, there is a need to take a pause and look back...
