Category : Afghanistan

NEW DELHI: On ‘The Gist‘, Ibraheem Bahiss, Consultant & Afghanistan Expert, International Crisis Group in analysis with Amitabh P Revi. The panellist discusses the Taliban’s tilt towards a Pakistan-China orbit, how Beijing is warming up cautiously, the potential ideological blowback within the Taliban to Chinese aid and interest on loans, regional players wary about giving […]Read More

DOHA: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken in an exclusive interview to TOLO news Head Lotfullah Najafizada says, “My hope and, beyond hope, expectation is that the future government of Afghanistan will uphold those basic rights. And if it does, then that’s a government that we can work with. If it doesn’t, we won’t.” Blinken […]Read More

NEW DELHI: Three weeks after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan, they have announced an interim government. And contrary to their claims, the government is anything but inclusive. Of the 33 names announced in the Cabinet, many have UN sanctions against them, and some are designated terrorists. Not a single woman figures on that list […]Read More

NEW DELHI: On ‘The Gist’, Dr. Jagannath Panda, Research Fellow & Coordinator, East Asia Centre, Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, Series Editor, Routledge Studies Think Asia and Author, ‘India-China Relations’ & ‘China’s Path to Power’ in analysis with StratNews Global Associate Editor Amitabh P. Revi. China is the Taliban’s “principal partner” in […]Read More

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