<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed><author name="Brig Krishna Raj Nambiar (Retd)"><item><title>Imminent power vacuum in Afghanistan beckons India</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/imminent-power-vacuum-in-afghanistan-beckons-india/</link><pubDate>April 20, 2021, 3:24 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/2775700f_2383_P_4_mr-2-1.jpg</image><category>Others</category><excerpt>The withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan will leave a power vacuum in Kabul, which might signal the return of the Taliban. In such a landscape, should India take initiative and extend support and troops to the Abdullah Abdullah regime for grea...</excerpt></item><item><title>A HAMBANTOTA IN THE HIMALAYAS</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/a-hambantota-in-the-himalayas/</link><pubDate>December 19, 2020, 5:30 am</pubDate><image>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/03cfc448_1036_P_2_mr-1.jpg</image><category>Others</category><excerpt>The Trans-Himalayan Belt and Road Initiative in Nepal is a financial trap and, like Hambantota in Sri Lanka, vital estate could be accessed by China—much to detriment of India’s security interests.</excerpt></item><item><title>HERALDING A NEW, INCLUSIVE KASHMIR</title><link>https://latest.thedailyguardian.com/others/heralding-a-new-inclusive-kashmir/</link><pubDate>December 1, 2020, 8:22 am</pubDate><image></image><category>Others</category><excerpt>Kashmir had been bereft of any serious development for many decades as a result of exclusive politics and policies. Now, with the abrogation of Article 370, it is imperative for the region’s polity to believe in the strength of the Indian nation, ...</excerpt></item></author></feed>