Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanikzai refused to be drawn on the many direct Taliban attacks which had killed ordinary men, women...
Read moreStrategically located Afghanistan has been invaded by many powers but none has been able to hold it.
Read moreUS warplanes dropped more than 7,300 munitions on Afghanistan in 2018, compared to 4,361 in 2017 and just 947 in...
Read moreSharing power is anathema for militants and extremists and the Taliban is militant and extremist
Read moreTaliban did not and will not want an agreement as it believes in exercising unbridled power.
Read moreTaliban is notorious for doublespeak and when it says there is no link between the Kashmir issue and the Afghan...
Read moreThe Taliban is, in fact, in a zero sum game. The choices for it are stark: it is either acquisition...
Read moreThe stumbling blocks will be the US demand for the right to keep a contingent of troops in Afghanistan after...
Read moreThirty years have passed since the end of the Soviet invasion in Afghanistan, but more than 200 Soviet troops stayed...
Read moreTrump's faux pas on Modi wanting US mediation in the India-Pak dispute over Kashmir, is likely to lead to a...
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