The U.S. willingness to withdraw and the imperative for Afghan peace has created the conditions for the first time in 19 years for both America and the Taliban to reach a breakthrough. India’s former Ambassador to Afghanistan Gautam Mukhopadhaya acknowledges the achievement so far. In conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi he outlines the tricky negotiations ahead. On the February […]Read More
KABUL: A ‘reduction in violence’ that has held for a week and has infused Afghans with hope for a comprehensive ceasefire will continue for the foreseeable future—that’s the immediate bottomline after U.S. Special representative Zalmay Khalilzad and deputy political head of Taliban Mullah Baradar signed a deal in Doha, Qatar. Shabeer Ahmadi, Tolo News Foreign Desk Head and StratNews Global […]Read More
Following 18 months of negotiations in Doha, the United States and the Taliban on Saturday officially signed a peace deal that will pave the way for the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan in exchange for a number of solid assurances by the Taliban to the U.S. and its allies The agreement states that the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Later today, a moment in history when the U.S. and Afghanistan’s Taliban make a beginning to end their war now 19 years old. It’s America’s longest conflict, also bittersweet given that this was the very movement Washington blamed for being complicit in 9/11 and which it overthrew in 2001. So full circle. What’s […]Read More
KABUL: Afghanistan and the United States will issue a joint declaration to emphasise U.S. commitments for Afghanistan on Saturday, the day the U.S. and Taliban are scheduled to sign a deal in Doha. U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper and NATO chief Stoltenberg will come to Kabul tomorrow to announce the declaration with President Ghani, presidential […]Read More
KABUL: Former President Hamid Karzai and former mujahideen leader Abdul Rab Rasoul Sayyaf met with National Unity Government leaders on Monday as tensions continue to rise between electoral campaign teams. President Ashraf Ghani has created a special commission for the ceremony of his swearing-in and Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah has also set up a separate […]Read More
When will the ‘jang’ (fighting) stop, asks an Afghan widow from the four-decade-old conflict. A seven-day ‘Reduction in Violence’ agreement between the U.S. and the Taliban is in place. If that holds, a deal is expected to be signed in Doha on February 29. Meanwhile, a country is crying out for peace. Afghanistan is not […]Read More
NEW DELHI: A reduction of violence deal between the Taliban, U.S. and foreign forces as well as the Afghan security personnel has been agreed to from midnight of February 21/22. This will be monitored for a week before an expected U.S.-Taliban agreement signing in Doha on February 29. India’s ex-Ambassador to Afghanistan Gautam Mukhopadhaya and […]Read More
NEW DELHI: When it rains it pours. The drying up of clarity over electoral uncertainty for almost five months and suspenseful skepticism about stop-start talks with the Taliban for over 14 months has turned into a deluge of claims and counter-claims in Afghanistan. The official final results of the Presidential election give Ashraf Ghani a […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The U.S. and the Taliban have agreed to a seven-day “reduction in violence”. The deal can potentially set the stage for a more lasting and long-sought peace deal. At NATO’s headquarters in Brussels, U.S. Defence Secretary Mark Esper has said the arrangement, which he did not describe as a ceasefire, came after over […]Read More
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