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The Afghan Quagmire and American Failure

The Taliban after being able to push a superpower out of Afghan soil must have encouraged many other jihadi groups to become confident about their capabilities to fulfil their objectives Manoj Kumar Mishra While the Biden administration has exposed the...

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What is the furor over Golwalkar and Savarkar texts?

Views and opinions from the top commentators in Indian media “Hindutva is a political reality of our times and we need to understand how it works intellectually. Savarkar and Golwalkar are the most significant proponents of this ideology. Without reading...

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Covaxin, online schools and Taliban

Views and opinions from the top commentators in Indian media “India’s swift crossing of the 75 crore vaccine doses landmark has been powered in large part by Covishield contributing about 67 crore of those doses. Armed with new production lines...

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India and Taliban: Terms of engagement

The US-backed Afghan governments, on the other hand, have had close relations with India, which has been one of the largest development partners of Afghanistan, having invested over US$ 3 billion under the protective US presence since 2001 Sarosh Bana...

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Exit the US, enter Taliban?

Views and opinions from the top commentators in Indian media With no bases in neighboring countries and drone attacks more a revenge play than a counterterrorism measure – aside from the fact they often hit innocents as well as terrorists...

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Is India the big “loser” in Afghanistan?

Views and opinions from the top commentators in Indian media “Truly, it is incomprehensible why India shut its embassy in Kabul. A great opportunity was at hand to plough a new Afghan policy independent of American tutelage. The only plausible...