Taleban Victory or Government Failure? A security update on Laghman province
Laghman has long been contested, with a strong Taleban presence in some rural areas, held at bay by government forces based in district centres.
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Turkey cannot bank upon Pakistan for its interests in Afghanistan, says expert
To pressure the Taliban to tolerate the Turkish presence, Ankara will likely tap Pakistan
Afghan FM Mohammad Haneef Atmar meets with foreign envoys, apprises them of security situation
The Minister noted that Taliban attacks were carried out in direct collusion with more than 10,000 regional terrorists from organisations like the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Ansarullah, Jundallah, and othrs
Russian and Uzbek militaries begin joint Afghan border drills
Moscow fears that deteriorating security situation in Afganistan could destabilise its southern defensive flank and push refugees into its Central Asian backyard.
Afghanistan: Record number of women and children killed or wounded
More women and children were killed and wounded in Afghanistan in the first half of 2021 than in the first six months of any year since records began in 2009, a United Nations report has revealed.
The Taliban: what could its return to power mean for Afghanistan?
An Islamic fundamentalist group dominated by those of Pashtun ethnicity, the Taliban is believed to have first appeared in Saudi Arabia-funded hard-line religious madrassas in northern Pakistan in the early 1990s.
Afghanistan on agenda during Blinken’s visit to India
Blinken will be seeking India’s support in stabilizing Afghanistan after the U.S. military withdrawal is completed at the end of August, said Dean Thompson, the top U.S. diplomat for South Asia.
For India no alternative to engaging with the Taliban
Taliban delegations have been hosted by China, Iran, Russia, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan demonstrating the group’s diplomatic outreach. India, with it’s over 3 billion development aid to Afghanistan seems to be the only odd one out in the region.
Time running out to prevent ‘worst case scenario’ arising in Afghanistan
With all the major indicators for Afghanistan’s security and development looking “negative or stagnant” as international troops withdraw, the threats that lie ahead cannot be overstated, the top UN official in the country told the Security Council on Tuesday.
Durable peace in Afghanistan requires a genuine “double peace”: Jaishankar
By IAR Desk Durable peace in Afghanistan required a genuine “double peace”, Indian Minister of