KABUL: A month after the beginning of the intra-Afghan talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government, there has been little progress towards their ultimate goal of securing an agreement over Afghanistan’s political future. The parties are still dealing with technicalities including establishing ground rules for conducting the negotiations, a framework for resolving differences over […]Read More
NEW DELHI: “Should they (India) engage with the Taliban, we won’t have a problem with that,” Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Chairman of the Afghan High Council for National Reconciliation, told StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi in an exclusive chat. He made it clear he hadn’t “raised the issue or encouraged it” in his meetings […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Afghanistan’s top diplomat in India believes the intra-Afghan dialogue in Qatar is something to be celebrated, even though it will take time for a consensus to emerge. Mohammad Naim Tahir Qadiry, charge d’affaires (with a new ambassador to take over shortly), put it succinctly: “Sitting together after so many years is itself a […]Read More
NEW DELHI: India’s Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla sounded a warning note on Afghanistan while addressing students of his alma mater, St.Stephen’s College in Delhi on Monday. “We have to be prepared for situations that we may not envisage,” he acknowledged while underscoring that India wants a strong, peaceful and inclusive Afghanistan. “Khalilzad briefed us […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The long described Afghan-owned, Afghan-led and Afghan-controlled peace and reconciliation process took off in Doha, Qatar with a Taliban delegation and an Afghan government-appointed team finally sitting across each other. Saturday was the inauguration with talks expected to begin on Monday. “We assure the people of Afghanistan that we will participate in the […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Four decades of war has seen blood being shed in Afghanistan with the “beneficiary being Pakistan, the Pakistan Army and its intelligence service.” Shukria Barakzai, Afghanistan’s Ambassador to Norway till recently, says on Talking Point with Aparna Pande, Director, India and South Asia Initiative at the Hudson Institute. “Pakistan is a global headache,” […]Read More
KABUL: The number of foreign fighters on the battlefields in the eastern parts of Afghanistan has increased, with most of them Pakistani nationals who are fighting alongside the Taliban in areas along the Durand Line, an Afghan Army general said on Monday. A report submitted to the United Nations Security Council on Sunday indicated that […]Read More
NEW DELHI: Thiruvananthapuram to Tora Bora: Sonia Sebastian/Ayisha, Merrin Jacob/ Mariyam, Raffeala and Fathima Isa/Nimisha in the ‘Islamic State’ terror group. This StratNews Global Exclusive ties Indian women with MBA and engineering degrees to the world’s most bloodthirsty terrorist group. We piece together an account of how two groups of 60 Indians made their way […]Read More
NEW DELHI: With an unannounced ceasefire largely holding in Afghanistan, is there hope for a reduction in bloodshed? Are the Taliban and an Afghan team moving towards negotiating a future political structure? How does the U.S. continuing troop withdrawal affect the government’s position? And should India open a public channel to the Taliban before intra-Afghan […]Read More
NEW DELHI: The million dollar question many Afghans are asking: will the Taliban extend the three-day ceasefire that ended on Tuesday? The Taliban is yet to reveal its mind but the buzz is it may be extended without a formal announcement. The government’s release of 900 Taliban prisoners, with a thousand more expected to be […]Read More
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