Afghanistan
Pakistan says it has shot down two Indian aircraft, captured a pilot but India says intruders were driven back
India-Pakistan step up air war, with conflicting claims being made. US calls for restraint.
India should shed its reserve about engaging the Taliban
New Delhi has been seeking an “Afghan-led, Afghan-owned and Afghan-controlled” peace process and settlement. But India has to participate in theprocess to shape it to its needs.
Issues in the bid for peace in Afghanistan
Then there is an economic angle which is hardly talked about in relation to the situation in Afghanistan, but it very important from the point of view of the future.
US Special Envoy says Taliban has agreed to a “draft framework” for Afghan solution
US Special Envoy Zalmay Khalilzad told the Afghan media that US and the insurgents had “agreed in principle on a couple of very important issues”, and said that Afghans must “seize the opportunity,”
Fed up of war, Afghans march for peace
“Afghans want an absolute ceasefire as soon as possible. The government had agreed a one-year ceasefire and the Taliban must accept their demand,” Bismillah Watandost, a member of the People for Peace Movement, told AFP.
India-Iran-Afghanistan pact on Chabahar port to be implemented on February 26
India, Iran and Afghanistan signed a trilateral transit agreement in Tehran in May 2016, which allows them to connect each other through Chabahar Port, bypassing Pakistan.
Indian experts fear US withdrawal from Afghanistan will lead to a Taliban-Pakistan take over
Harsh Pant of the Observer Research Foundation has warned that a strengthened Taliban in Afghanistan could subsequently spread its influence to neighboring Pakistan and Kashmir, which would be bad news for India.
The Taliban change as state power comes within grasp
Since 2003, the Taliban of Afghanistan, have been seeing themselves not just as an insurgent group destroying everything and every institution that they consider “un-Islamic”, but also as an administrative group, delivering social, economic and other State-like services to people in areas under their control, even if only partially.
Afghan Presidential election postponed for technical reasons
More time is needed to verify voter lists and train staff on a biometric identification system designed to reduce fraud, said Abdul Aziz Ibrahimi, deputy spokesman for the Independent Election Commission.
First meeting on implementation of India, Afghanistan, Iran pact on Chabahar port
Positive and constructive discussions were held between the three sides on full operationalization of the Trilateral Transit Agreement for international transit & transport through the Chabahar Port. They agreed on the routes for the trade and transit corridors between the three countries.
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