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Harsh PantThe Acting Foreign Minister of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Amir Khan Muttaqi, will be traveling to New Delhi between October 9-16, after...

Harsh V Pant & Shivam ShekhawatAs Pakistan struggles to prod the Taliban to act on militant groups, its dual policy of supporting extremist groups has...

Anil TrigunayatAfter two decades, Taliban has not only recaptured Afghanistan but also global attention. The US, mulling over the futility of years – at...

Anil TrigunayatAfghanistan has often been referred to as the “Graveyard of Empires and Kings”. Of these Taliban and its predecessor and continuum...

T K ArunNot just domestic zealots but India's external enemies wait to feed religious bigotry and radicalism on the part of the majority and...

There are times when an image can become a defining moment in a leader’s life. US President Joe Biden bowing down his head at a press conference in response to a reporter’s question perhaps sums up Biden’s Afghanistan policy so far. There is chaos, there is confusion and then there is sheer incompetence. Biden is losing his grip on the narrative and his team looks clueless in even managing a patina of order. Washington’s inability to withdraw with even a semblance of dignity intact will have a great bearing on America’s future conduct in global politics and it is not readily evident that the Biden administration is up to the task of moving ahead purposefully.