Category: AFGHANISTAN
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INDIA – AF – PAK : TAKES THREE TO TANGO
The India-Af-Pak scenario is turning to be an interesting one. Needs close monitoring. Pakistan’s strategic depth is turning into strategic anguish. The internal deteriorating internal situation in Pakistan is compounded by its souring relations with Taliban. As Pakistan seeks to tighten its screws on trade routes to Afghanistan, the Taliban has sought to develop ties…
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Taliban’s War On Pakistan Breaks Shackles of Slavery
This webinar on the Taliban – Pakistan conflict was illuminative. The panelists were the best one could find and their views highlighted different aspects of the conflict. What emerges is that this conflict will continue to simmer for a long time. It will debilitate Pakistan and keep it ion a state of turmoil. India needs…
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AFGHANISTAN RISES AS PAKISTAN FAILS
When US forces quit Afghanistan the popular thought was that Pakistan will call the shots for China to exploit the country and that hordes of terrorists will invade India. How things have changed as Afghanistan has risen while Pakistan has failed. Today Pakistan needs China to keep the Taliban off its back. That is the…
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INDIA’S AFGHAN SQUEEZE ON PAKISTAN
Our equation with Taliban is improving. Taliban’s equation with Pakistan is worsening. So the squeeze…simple.
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Afghanistan Through an Indian Prism – An Insiders Story
Mr Summer Bhasin has been to Afghanistan many times and has stayed there too since the past two decades or more. He knows Afghanistan well. In this episode he brings out various facets of Afghanistan which he has seen and experienced. He talks of an Afghanistan which is peaceful but food insecure where USA still…
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Taliban and the World
This is a must watch to understand how Taliban has stabilised in Afghanistan and is interacting with the world. Taliban has a think tank too! It does not allow Chinese workers to work in China funded projects. Anant Mishra is a powerhouse of knowledge on affairs relating to the Taliban. I learnt a lot from…
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Two Years of Broken Shackles : Taliban TTP and Pakistan
This discussion with Anant Mishra was fascinating simply because of the depth of his knowledge on matters pertaining to TTP and Taliban. The picture which emerges is that TTP is gaining strength by the day and Taliban is supporting it fully. This arrangement will not reverse in view of the deportation of Afghans from Pakistan…
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Afghanistan: Changing Dynamics
In this episode Lt Gen Dushyant Singh(R) and self set out to discuss Afghanistan and its changing dynamics. However we spent some time discussing the launch of Chandrayaan 3 and the India France relationship also. It will be an interesting video to watch.
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The Afghanistan Trail on CASA Dialogues
Lt Gen K J Singh (R) and I had a great conversation on Afghanistan. It was an education for me. He is as knowledgeable about the country as he was when he wrote his outstanding dissertation on Afghanistan during our Higher Command Course. A comment from the audience says it all : Impressively comprehensive discussion…
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India’s Three Front Strategy by Lt Gen P R Shankar(R)
India’s geostrategic environment has changed significantly in the past one month. A Talibani Afghanistan, a hybrid Pakistan and an authoritarian China – all in flux, present a new geostrategic challenge beyond the ordinary conception that terrorists will flood the Valley. There is a new Afghanistan- Pakistan- China axis on the block. This axis has tremendous…
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