NEW DELHI: The Panjshir Valley north of Kabul appears to have fallen to the Taliban in a manner reminiscent of the rest of the country. If this is indeed the case, the Taliban has brought the whole of Afghanistan under their control. This has important implications and StratNewsGlobal talks to Maj. Gen. Sanjay Meston, who […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘Talking Point‘, Dr Maxim A. Suchkov, Director & Associate Professor, Moscow State Institute of International Relations(MGIMO University) and Ambassador Dilip Sinha, Former Indian Envoy to the UN in Geneva, Ex-Head, UN Division, Ministry of External Affairs, Former Joint Secretary(Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran), MEA and Author,’Legitimacy of Power: The Permanence of Five in the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Helen Clark, three-term Prime Minister of New Zealand, two-term Administrator, United Nations Development Programme in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. The global leader discusses what the UN, international community and individual countries can and should do in dealing with the reality of a Taliban government in Afghanistan, the ongoing […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India’s official acknowledgment of talks with Taliban leader Sher Abbas Stanekzai in Doha, was the rubber stamp on a dialogue that had been going on discreetly for some time. Recall Qatar’s special envoy Mutlaq bin Majed Al Qahtani indicating earlier this year that Indian intelligence officials had paid a “quiet visit” to Doha […]Read More
NEWDELHI: The Taliban story is now well known and the key question is whether they have changed? Have they moderated their position on issues such as terrorism, the role of islam in everyday life, education for women and so on? We don’t know yet. In this conversation on The Gist, Switzerland based Prem Mahadevan, specialist […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On February 15, 1989, Gen. Boris Gromov, commander of the Soviet 40th Army in Afghanistan walked down the Friendship Bridge over the Amu Darya river into Uzbekistan, signalling the end of the decade-long Soviet invasion and occupation of Afghanistan. A little over three decades later, his U.S. counterpart Maj. Gen. Chris Donahue left […]Read More
NEW DELHI: On ‘The Gist‘, Farkhunda Zahra Naderi, Member of the Afghan High Council For National Reconciliation, Former Member of Parliament, Women’s Rights defender and an Ex-Presidential Advisor on UN Affairs in conversation with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. The last U.S soldier and diplomat have left Kabul ending America’s longest war. On […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Amid the withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban regaining control over territory happened in quick time. Many provinces fell like a pack of cards. But Panjshir Valley is still holding out. Former vice-president Amrullah Saleh has joined forces with the National Resistance Front spearheaded by Ahmad Massoud, the son of Afghanistan’s […]Read More
NEW DELHI: At any other time, the first visit by US Vice President Kamala Harris to Singapore and Vietnam would have been seen as evidence of Washington’s commitment to a region under pressure from China. But in the aftermath of the bungled US withdrawal from Afghanistan, it’s not clear if Harris has been able to […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The US is mourning the deaths of 13 marines killed in the attack on Kabul Airport apparently by the Islamic State Khorasan (IS-K). It is believed to be the single largest attack on US soldiers since 2011. President Joe Biden has promised to “hunt down the perpetrators and make them pay”, but the […]Read More
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