“Peace in Afghanistan is in the interest of regional development”
During earlier Taliban rule, Iran, Russia, and India supported the Northern Alliance to which Abdullah Abdullah belonged through Tajikistan.
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How A Free Press Has Strengthened Democracy in Afghanistan
Free media have directly contributed to the rapid development of a still growing civil society and have empowered such vulnerable groups as women, youth, and the poor—a clear majority in Afghanistan—to increasingly exercise their rights under the country’s progressive constitution.
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Bishkek SCO summit affirms cooperation in fighting terrorism, trade protectionism, calls for greater regional cooperation
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is a mechanism for multilateral cooperation that plays an important role in maintaining regional peace and stability and in facilitating the prosperity and development of the Member States.
‘Russia does not provide any financial, political, or military assistance to the Taliban’
‘In Syria, with assistance from Russian Federation, this phenomenon of ISIL was demolished. We thought that after living in Syria these fighters will go to other countries, and we wanted to demolish there, not in Russia,”
Afghanistan facing one of the worst humanitarian crisis in its history, warns UNICEF
Almost 600,000 children, mostly under the age of five, risk death through malnutrition in Afghanistan
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As India stops purchase of Iranian oil, Iran offers to link Chabahar with Gwadar
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif proposes connecting Pakistan’s Gwadar port to its “complementary” port Chabahar in southeastern Iran, during his visit to Islamabad
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Central Asia–Japan Dialogue: Ministerial pledges greater support for infrastructure development
The meeting comes against the backdrop of increasing Chinese influence in the region
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Understanding President Ghani’s Peace Jirga
Afghans know that peace and counter-terrorism mission in Afghanistan is inextricably entwined with international politics as also with Pakistan’s game of terror sponsorship.
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Iran’s Zarif visits Delh, India sends first rice shipment via Chabahar
India will have to walk a diplomatic tightrope. It is widely believed that it may not be able to withstand US pressure this time around,
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“The pot of violence in Afghanistan will keep boiling”
While the government’s stated policy is that we would support the govt or the interim govt of Afghanistan, I’m certain that at an informal level we have the ways and means to access some segments of Taliban