Joyeeta Basu

PANJSHIR NEEDS THE WORLD’S HELP

August 24, 2021

In Afghanistan, the Panjshir province, around 150 km north of Kabul, is putting up a stiff resistance to the Taliban. Surrounded by insurmountable mountains and with a single entrance to the valley, it is the only pocket which the Taliban have failed to capture, yet. Once the seat of Northern...

ALLIANCE OF THE AUTHORITARIANS WILL FLOP IN AFGHANISTAN

August 19, 2021

The Indian embassy staff in Kabul were evacuated and brought back to the country on Tuesday. India was the latest to join the long list of countries scrambling to get out of Afghanistan post the takeover of Kabul by the Taliban. Interestingly, the embassies in Kabul continuing to function normally...

AFGHANISTAN HAS BEEN LEFT TO ITS OWN FATE

August 17, 2021

In the end, it was a whimper. All that talk about the Afghanistan government putting up a credible fight to the Taliban crumbled, as the jihadi militia sauntered into Mazar-i-Sharif and then into the presidential palace in Kabul, snatching power with the ease of snatching candy from a child. President...

PRESIDENT BIDEN, AFGHANS NEED YOUR SUPPORT

August 12, 2021

Afghanistan is sliding into chaos. The Taliban are making major gains in their attempt to capture the country militarily. In the last seven days, nine of Afghanistan’s 34 provincial capitals have fallen to the Taliban. Seven of these provincial capitals are in the non-Pashtun north, which was the base of...

QUAD SHOULD SHED ITS PACIFIST APPROACH

August 10, 2021

A meeting of the heads of state and government of the four countries comprising the Quad—the Quadrilateral informal strategic forum—was held virtually in March this year. The next meeting may be held towards the end of this year, when the leaders of India, United States, Japan and Australia are expected...

DON’T LET PAK-CHINA ANNEX AFGHANISTAN WITH TALIBAN HELP

August 5, 2021

Things in Afghanistan may not exactly be going according to Pakistan’s plan. Coming to power was supposed to be a cakewalk for the Taliban, with province after province tamely surrendering to them, and with the Afghan military either fleeing to neighbouring countries, or joining the ranks of the Taliban. And...

THE FARMER-IMPASSE CONTINUES, EVEN AS DELHI SUFFERS

August 3, 2021

Almost nine months after farmers protesting the three farm laws passed by Parliament gathered on Delhi’s borders, they are still stationed there. Even though they are not hitting the headlines with the regularity as they were earlier in the year, does not mean that they are not blockading several roads,...

SECRETARY BLINKEN HAS A GOOD VISIT TO INDIA

July 29, 2021

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken would have won many admirers for himself and his administration in India for the sincerity and seriousness with which he handled the question on the state of India’s democracy during the press conference he addressed in New Delhi on Wednesday, along with External Affairs...

CONCOCTED NOISE ON HUMAN RIGHTS CANNOT STALL INDIA-US PARTNERSHIP

July 27, 2021

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is all set to visit India this week, during which he is expected to discuss the Quad—specifically how to counter the threat posed to the world by China—the situation in Afghanistan and the terrorism emanating from Pakistan. However, a State Department spokesperson’s statement that...

IS KERALA PUSHING INDIA TOWARDS A THIRD COVID WAVE?

July 20, 2021

Will a third wave of Covid-19 hit the country and will it be as devastating as the second wave? Considering the nightmare scenario earlier this year, followed by predictions of cases starting to spike by August and latest by September-October, those in government, both at the Centre and the states,...

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