Another 9/11 possible from Afghanistan, Taliban will embolden terrorists in Kashmir: Former J&K DGP
3 years, 4 months ago

Another 9/11 possible from Afghanistan, Taliban will embolden terrorists in Kashmir: Former J&K DGP

India Today  

As the Taliban take over Afghanistan, former Jammu & Kashmir Director General of Police SP Vaid said another 9/11 attack could be planned from the war-torn country. He added that "Pakistan's ISI may ask the Taliban to divert some of its terrorists to Jammu & Kashmir to revive terror operations." Speaking to India Today's @sunilJbhat, former J&K DGP Dr. @spvaid said that the Taliban's rise in #Afghanistan will embolden terrorists in J&K and another 9/11 type terror attack could be planned in #Taliban's Afghanistan Full interview: https://t.co/vNqK4ePcQp#ReporterDiary pic.twitter.com/ek9zY27X4S— IndiaToday August 16, 2021 The Taliban have breached Kabul and entered the presidential palace. Stating that the Taliban's rise in Afghanistan will have implications on Jammu & Kashmir and entire South Asia, Vaid remembered how in 1999 the Taliban had helped Pakistani terrorists to hijack the Indian Airlines flight IC-814 after which India was forced to release Maulana Masood Azhar from Kot Bhalwal Jail.

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Frustrated by dwindling local recruitment, Pakistan pushing foreign terrorists into J-K: L-G Sinha
4 months, 1 week ago

Frustrated by dwindling local recruitment, Pakistan pushing foreign terrorists into J-K: L-G Sinha

New Indian Express  

SRINAGAR: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday said Pakistan was pushing foreign terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir as it was frustrated by dwindling local recruitment and increasing faith of people in democracy, reflected in record turnouts during the Lok Sabha polls here. "A country which is unable to provide basic amenities like two square meals to its own citizens, is …

Shift in Terror Routes: Increased Drug Activity in J&K; Punjab Border Being Used For Arms and Infiltration
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Shift in Terror Routes: Increased Drug Activity in J&K; Punjab Border Being Used For Arms and Infiltration

News 18  

A recent analysis and a presentation showed during a high-level meeting in Delhi held this month that Jammu and Kashmir has been witnessing an increase in drug cases, while Punjab was becoming a route for supplying arms and ammunition. Official figures from the Jammu and Kashmir police show that 2,400 cases were registered under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances …

Jammu and Kashmir: Security forces foil infiltration bid along LoC in Uri, 2 terrorists believed killed
6 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir: Security forces foil infiltration bid along LoC in Uri, 2 terrorists believed killed

India TV News  

Two terrorists were believed to be neutralised as security forces on Saturday foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control in the Uri sector of Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district, the officials said. Army personnel noticed suspicious movement along the LoC in the Gohallan area of north Kashmir's Uri sector, they added. Terrorists struck at four places in Reasi, …

The Jammu Jihad: Is Pakistan marching to Beijing’s beat?
6 months ago

The Jammu Jihad: Is Pakistan marching to Beijing’s beat?

New Indian Express  

Does terror have a new address? Was Delhi caught napping as Pakistan’s terror machine came alive after a five-year hiatus with four back-to-back attacks—not in the Kashmir Valley as earlier—but in its new hunting ground of Jammu? Pakistan’s Army is returning to its old playbook, putting Kashmir front and centre of the long-running India-Pakistan confrontation, after a ceasefire agreement in …

J&K Attacks: Terrorists Testing Modi 3.0 - News18
6 months, 1 week ago

J&K Attacks: Terrorists Testing Modi 3.0 - News18

News 18  

Four terror attacks in four days south of the Pir Panjal range in the Jammu division of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir signal not just a shift in the centre of gravity and area of operation of terrorists, but also the strategic intent of their handlers and controllers sitting in Pakistan. This is also clear from the fact …

Jammu and Kashmir DGP's strong response on terror attacks: 'Pak handlers making desperate attempts...'
6 months, 1 week ago

Jammu and Kashmir DGP's strong response on terror attacks: 'Pak handlers making desperate attempts...'

India TV News  

Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police, RR Swain, said on Saturday that after recent terrorist incidents in the state, attempts were made by cross-border terrorists' infiltrations to sustain terrorist networks in Kashmir despite suffering heavy losses. Days of terrorism numbered: DGP The state's police chief said, "When you talk about a danger or challenge, you see how serious or …

J-K terror attacks: Massive searches continue to hunt down terrorists; PM Modi reviews situation
6 months, 1 week ago

J-K terror attacks: Massive searches continue to hunt down terrorists; PM Modi reviews situation

Live Mint  

The search operation has been launched in Jammu and Kashmir to track down and neutralise terrorists after the June 9 attack. Over the past few days, terrorists struck at four places in Reasi, Kathua and Doda districts, killing nine people, including seven pilgrims and a CRPF jawan, and leaving seven security personnel and others injured. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on …

View: Rapprochement with Taliban is most underrated achievement of Modi government
7 months, 3 weeks ago

View: Rapprochement with Taliban is most underrated achievement of Modi government

Hindustan Times  

When the Taliban militarily occupied Kabul on August 15, 2021, the staff in the Indian Embassy in the Afghan capital was withdrawn and the premises were locked before the US troop withdrawal on August 30, 2021. Then Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan congratulated the Taliban leadership for throwing off chains of slavery and the then ISI Chief Faiz Hameed appeared …

India will enter Pakistan to kill terrorists who flee there: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh
8 months, 2 weeks ago

India will enter Pakistan to kill terrorists who flee there: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh

India TV News  

New Delhi: Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday asserted that India will enter Pakistan to kill anyone who tries to escape in the neighbouring nation after carrying out terrorist activities in the country, a day after a report surfaced alleging that the Indian government was involved in the killings of at least 20 terrorists in Pakistan since 2020 as …

Security situation improved significantly in J&K in 2023; foreign terrorists our target for 2024, says DGP
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Security situation improved significantly in J&K in 2023; foreign terrorists our target for 2024, says DGP

The Hindu  

Civilian killings and attacks on forces came down significantly in Jammu and Kashmir in 2023, J&K Director General of Police R.R. Elaborating on the achievements made on the security front this year in the Union Territory, Mr. Swain said the number of active terrorists had come down to double digits – 31 – with four active terrorists in the Jammu …

DC Edit | Army officers, DSP pay a price
1 year, 3 months ago

DC Edit | Army officers, DSP pay a price

Deccan Chronicle  

India paid a terrible price for its eternal vigil in Jammu & Kashmir against state- Proof of Pakistan’s complicity was in abundance in the frontier Rajouri district where a cache of Pakistani arms and ammunition, besides medicines made in Pakistan, were recovered after two terrorists who had crossed the border were shot down. Members of the Indian Army and paramilitary …

Pak Making Full Efforts to Infiltrate Foreign Terrorists into J-K: Northern Army Commander
1 year, 3 months ago

Pak Making Full Efforts to Infiltrate Foreign Terrorists into J-K: Northern Army Commander

News 18  

Pakistan is making full efforts to infiltrate foreign terrorists into Jammu and Kashmir to hinder the progress being made in internal security conditions in the region, Northern Army Commander Lieutenant General Upendra Dwivedi said on Wednesday. “The biggest thing is that Pakistan is trying to make efforts from its side to send foreign terrorists here, despite the better internal conditions, …

In stern warning to Pakistan-based terrorists, J&K DGP says they won’t be allowed to live in peace
1 year, 3 months ago

In stern warning to Pakistan-based terrorists, J&K DGP says they won’t be allowed to live in peace

Hindustan Times  

Director general of police Dilbag Singh on Friday sent a clear warning to terrorists hiding in Pakistan and engineering terrorism in the Union territory saying, “We won’t allow them to disturb peace in J&K.” Director general of police Dilbag Singh Fielding media queries on the sidelines of 4th Aman Police Cricket Tourney at Kishtwar, he said, “Chenab valley had been …

Properties of terrorists hiding in Pak to be attached: J&K DGP
1 year, 3 months ago

Properties of terrorists hiding in Pak to be attached: J&K DGP

Hindustan Times  

Director general of police Dilbag Singh on Wednesday said that around nine to 12 foreign terrorists were still active in the districts of Rajouri and Poonch. Addressing media persons at Rajouri, the DGP said, “We have prepared a database of such terrorists and the process will continue till we wipe out terrorism.” Singh warned the overground workers and sleeper cells …

Rajnath Singh's stern message to Pakistan after India-US issue joint statement on terrorism
1 year, 5 months ago

Rajnath Singh's stern message to Pakistan after India-US issue joint statement on terrorism

India TV News  

Rajnath Singh's stern message to Pakistan: Underlining the menace of terrorism, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Jammu on Monday said that there should be concrete action against the UN-listed terrorist organisations, which include Lashkar-e-Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammed and Hizbul Mujahideen. Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his state address in the US had said terrorism is an enemy of humanity and there can …

Pakistan's BIG conspiracy to derail G20 meeting in J&K exposed
1 year, 7 months ago

Pakistan's BIG conspiracy to derail G20 meeting in J&K exposed

India TV News  

A big conspiracy by the Pakistan to derail the upcoming G20 meeting in Jammu and Kashmir has been derailed. According to agencies, Pakistan is planning to incite relgious riots in the India for which it has asked its officers to start doing reiki of big camps. According to an exclusive information accessed by India TV, ".Lashkar is making a big …

Poonch terror attack: Desperate Pakistan’s last throw of dice; India must go ahead with holding G20 meetings in Kashmir
1 year, 7 months ago

Poonch terror attack: Desperate Pakistan’s last throw of dice; India must go ahead with holding G20 meetings in Kashmir

Firstpost  

The Poonch terror attack in which five Indian soldiers were killed and one critically injured was a calculated attempt to disrupt India’s plans of holding G20 events in Kashmir. Pakistan’s military sells the dream of snatching Kashmir away from India to the Pakistani qaum and presents itself as the last line of defence against aggression from Hindustan. In this context, …

Punjab — beware the Ides of March
1 year, 8 months ago

Punjab — beware the Ides of March

The Hindu  

Three decades after sectarian violence mauled Punjab, the radicalist threat appears to be raising its head again. Most important is to avoid treating all that is happening now as evidence of a foreign conspiracy — of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence and other like-minded forces — instead of facing up to the reality that this may be more than a mere emotional …

Failed to 'liberate' even an inch of Kashmir from India: Taliban taunts Pakistan Army
1 year, 8 months ago

Failed to 'liberate' even an inch of Kashmir from India: Taliban taunts Pakistan Army

Firstpost  

Peshawar: Mocking the Pakistan Army’s inability to ‘liberate’ Kashmir, the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan has dismissed allegations by the Pakistani military that it is being backed by India. In a statement by its propaganda wing TTP Umar Media, the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan – also known as the Pakistan Taliban – has rejected the Pakistan Army’s claim that it is a proxy of India’s …

Taliban wants to send envoy to Delhi, boost ties between India, Afghanistan
1 year, 11 months ago

Taliban wants to send envoy to Delhi, boost ties between India, Afghanistan

Firstpost  

The proposed candidates to become the envoy to India for Afghanistan’s current rulers include controvertial Taliban leader Abdul Qahar Balkhi, who is alleged to have issued death threats against journalists New Delhi: In an effort to improve its international credibility, the Taliban government of Afghanistan is trying to persuade India to allow it to post a diplomatic representative in New …

Why Tension Between Pakistan And Afghanistan Over TTP Could Be 'Dangerous' For India
1 year, 11 months ago

Why Tension Between Pakistan And Afghanistan Over TTP Could Be 'Dangerous' For India

ABP News  

New Delhi: India believes that the growing tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan over Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, or Pakistani Taliban, coupled with a near-collapsed economy of both countries, will prove to be “dangerous” for New Delhi, reactivating the “hotbeds of terrorism” in the region, top-level officials told ABP Live. As New Delhi is watching patiently the unravelling of deep-rooted tensions between Islamabad …

DC Edit | Fight terror, so J&K develops
1 year, 11 months ago

DC Edit | Fight terror, so J&K develops

Deccan Chronicle  

Union home minister Amit Shah, in his high-level review of security in Jammu and Kashmir, has rightly instructed the entire security mechanism and ecosystem of officials to have zero tolerance for every single person involved with or supporting terrorism, and to harness technology to eliminate such threats and dismantle the terror structure in the larger interest of the people. It …

Russia, India can help in reviving intra-Afghan dialogue: Russian Special Representative Zamir Kabulov
2 years ago

Russia, India can help in reviving intra-Afghan dialogue: Russian Special Representative Zamir Kabulov

The Hindu  

Russia and India can play a role in reviving the “intra-Afghan dialogue” if the Taliban requests such assistance, said the Russian Special Representative for Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov in an exclusive interview with The Hindu. Mr. Kabulov gave a broad impression of Russia’s position regarding the Taliban and said, “The objective reality is that the Taliban controls almost all the territory …

DC Edit | Pak an irritant, keep eye on key adversary China
2 years ago

DC Edit | Pak an irritant, keep eye on key adversary China

Deccan Chronicle  

The United States has welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s call for cessation of hostilities and pursuing the path of diplomacy to end the Ukraine war. In the next half century, India may have had to engage with Pakistan in Siachen in 1999 and in more recent times to contend with China’s belligerence and its continued transgression and encroachment in pursuit …

India keen to engage with Taliban regime to tackle humanitarian crisis, claims Ex-Afghan Intelligence Chief
2 years ago

India keen to engage with Taliban regime to tackle humanitarian crisis, claims Ex-Afghan Intelligence Chief

India TV News  

Amid the grim situation in war-torn Afghanistan, its former Intelligence Chief believes India is willing to engage with the Taliban to restore normalcy in the debt-ridden country. While speaking at the sidelines of a conference of anti-Taliban Afghan leaders with the United States and European Union representatives, the former intelligence chief asserted that New Delhi exhibited an interest in engaging …

Taliban’s ideologies are alien to Afghanistan: Ahmad Massoud
2 years ago

Taliban’s ideologies are alien to Afghanistan: Ahmad Massoud

The Hindu  

At 33, Ahmad Massoud’s bears the likeness of his father, albeit not the ruggedness of the ‘Lion of Panjshir’, Ahmad Shah Massoud, who famously fought the Taliban in the 1990s, and was killed by the Al-Qaeda just two days before the 9/11 attacks in the U.S. Massoud, his father’s only son, went to school in Iran, attended university in the …

Terror industry is thriving in Pakistan 14 years after 26/11
2 years ago

Terror industry is thriving in Pakistan 14 years after 26/11

Hindustan Times  

At the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit earlier this month, external affairs minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar summarily dismissed a question on possible India-Pakistan dialogue by saying that India was ready for dialogue once Pakistan ceases to export terror. It is to the credit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that India has gotten out of the vicious cycle of terror-talks with Pakistan, where …

India, the Taliban, and the Country In Between
2 years, 1 month ago

India, the Taliban, and the Country In Between

The Diplomat  

A year after their takeover of Afghanistan, the Taliban’s system of governance remains marred with controversies spanning from violence against minorities to disregard for women’s rights. Moreover, given its geographical proximity, economic size, military capacity, and robust diplomatic network, India serves as a crucial and palpable component in the Taliban’s quest for internal and external legitimacy. Moreover, according to a …

Wings of Terror: How LeT, Pak Use Drones to Fly Weapons, Explosives into India - News18
2 years, 4 months ago

Wings of Terror: How LeT, Pak Use Drones to Fly Weapons, Explosives into India - News18

News 18  

On the morning of May 29, police personnel while conducting patrolling duty at Dhalli area of Kathua in Jammu and Kashmir heard a sound in the sky around 6-7am. Sinister plan The terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba in cahoots with the Inter-Services Intelligence and the Pakistan Army has been sending weapons, ammunition, and explosives across the border via drones, officials told CNN-News18. …

Taliban in Kabul: A year on, challenges remain
2 years, 4 months ago

Taliban in Kabul: A year on, challenges remain

Hindustan Times  

A year on from the power grab by the Taliban in Afghanistan, the two words that sum up the situation in a country blighted by decades of conflict are insecurity and uncertainty. But the world still gets occasional glimpses of the realities that ordinary Afghans are grappling with – such as heavily armed Taliban fighters firing in the air to …

Anand K. Sahay | Games Taliban play: Why India must engage in Afghanistan
2 years, 4 months ago

Anand K. Sahay | Games Taliban play: Why India must engage in Afghanistan

Deccan Chronicle  

The recent killing of Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawhiri in a CIA drone strike in Kabul, at an address evidently linked to Taliban interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, is very bad optics for the regime. India’s overture, besides emphasising our deep friendship with the Afghan people, may be seen as cautious pre-positioning for the day the US and others eventually settle down …

K.C. Singh | After Zawahiri: Be alert for Afghan churn, J&K fallout
2 years, 4 months ago

K.C. Singh | After Zawahiri: Be alert for Afghan churn, J&K fallout

Deccan Chronicle  

Ayman al-Zawahiri’s elimination in an American drone attack, while lounging on the balcony of his house in Kabul, closes one chapter. As Al-Qaeda’s ruling head and former deputy of Osama bin Laden, Zawahiri was long sought by the United States for his role in the 9/11 attack. After Zawahiri’s killing, Al-Qaeda may converge more closely with the agenda of India-specific …

Dealing with Taliban: Why India must tread with caution in Afghanistan
2 years, 5 months ago

Dealing with Taliban: Why India must tread with caution in Afghanistan

Firstpost  

Taliban may at the moment want to project their distance from Islamabad, but their umbilical cord is attached to Rawalpindi, and it would be foolhardy to overlook this fact Reports emanating from Kabul, indicate that India has ‘reopened’ its embassy in Afghanistan, thereby becoming the 15th country to do so. The primary objective behind this undue haste appears to be …

Pak Terror Handlers Using Proxy Outfits for Targeted Killings in Kashmir: Here's Their Destructive Plot
2 years, 6 months ago

Pak Terror Handlers Using Proxy Outfits for Targeted Killings in Kashmir: Here's Their Destructive Plot

News 18  

Pakistan-based terror handlers are using proxy outfits in the Kashmir valley to carry out targeted killings of Pandits, non-local labourers, political workers, security personnel, etc, sources have told CNN-News18. Valley-based Hizbul Mujahideen operatives especially in downtown Srinagar and South Kashmir are trying to float new proxy outfits in association with released terrorists and over ground workers under the instructions of …

Shah to take firm steps against targeted killings in Kashmir
2 years, 6 months ago

Shah to take firm steps against targeted killings in Kashmir

Hindustan Times  

The Narendra Modi government is expected to take firm steps in Jammu and Kashmir to ensure that the minority community is more secure in the union territory and not targeted by Pakistan based terrorist groups. Union home minister Amit Shah, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. It is understood that concrete directions to both civil and …

Pakistan-based Terror Groups JeM, LeT Maintain Training Camps in Afghanistan: UN Report
2 years, 6 months ago

Pakistan-based Terror Groups JeM, LeT Maintain Training Camps in Afghanistan: UN Report

News 18  

Pakistan-based terror groups such as Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba, led by 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed, maintain their training camps in some provinces of Afghanistan and some of them are directly under the Taliban control, according to a UN report. The 13th report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team cites a UN Member State as saying that …

200 Pak terrorists ready to infiltrate into J&K: Northern Army Commander
2 years, 7 months ago

200 Pak terrorists ready to infiltrate into J&K: Northern Army Commander

India Today  

Around 200 terrorists are waiting across the border to infiltrate into Jammu and Kashmir, Northern Army Commander Lt Gen Upendra Dwivedi has said. They are waiting to be launched to this side,” Lt Gen Dwivedi said in reply to a question on day one of the North Tech Symposium on Friday. READ | Under cover of Pakistan turmoil, terrorists step …

No change in India's approach: MEA on Pakistan
2 years, 7 months ago

No change in India's approach: MEA on Pakistan

India Today  

Over a fortnight after Shehbaz Sharif became Pakistan’s new prime minister, India, on Thursday, April 28, asserted there is no change to its approach and that talks between the two sides can only take place in an atmosphere free of terror and insisted that the onus is on Islamabad to create such an environment. External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Arindam Bagchi …

Afghan Terrorists with American Weapons Reaching LoC to Infiltrate India, Says Top Army Officer - News18
2 years, 10 months ago

Afghan Terrorists with American Weapons Reaching LoC to Infiltrate India, Says Top Army Officer - News18

News 18  

The spillover of high tech modern weapons and advanced night vision devices left over by Americans in Afghanistan after the fall of Kabul in August 2021 is now finding its way towards Indian Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir via Pakistan through the Line of Control, said Major General Ajay Chandpuria, General Officer Commanding 19 Infantry Division stationed in Baramulla …

Six months of Taliban rule
2 years, 10 months ago

Six months of Taliban rule

Hindustan Times  

One of the most dramatic changes brought about by the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan six months ago is a sharp reduction in violence. At least half the population of around 39 million is facing starvation, hundreds of thousands have fled to escape reprisals by the Taliban, hundreds of former officials and security personnel have been killed and many more rounded …

India Slams Pak at UN, Says Perpetrators of 26/11 Mumbai Attacks Continue to Enjoy Its Patronage
2 years, 10 months ago

India Slams Pak at UN, Says Perpetrators of 26/11 Mumbai Attacks Continue to Enjoy Its Patronage

News 18  

Perpetrators of the heinous 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks continue to enjoy Pakistan's patronage, India has told the UN Security Council, saying that most terrorist attacks around the world have their origin, in some form or the other, in that country. Madhu Sudan said he is constrained to take the UNSC floor again, after India's envoy T S Tirumurti had delivered …

Anti-terror operations in J&K will intensify: DGP Dilbag Singh
2 years, 11 months ago

Anti-terror operations in J&K will intensify: DGP Dilbag Singh

India Today  

Director-General of Police, Jammu and Kashmir Dilbag Singh on Tuesday said that fighting terrorism and securing peace and tranquillity in J&K is a continuous process. He was speaking at an event where he flagged off several operations command vehicles, equipped with state-of-the-art technology and additional safety features to the J&K Police’s fleet. Speaking to the media, the DGP said that …

1989 Kashmir Insurgency, 2008 Mumbai Attacks, What’s Next? Pakistan Terror Plots Have a Pattern
3 years ago

1989 Kashmir Insurgency, 2008 Mumbai Attacks, What’s Next? Pakistan Terror Plots Have a Pattern

News 18  

On the anniversary of 26/11, we will get a lot of empty words remembering the heroes and the villains. Whether the UK Army Chief General Nick Carter’s statement that he ‘trusts the Pakistan army’ and that they have a ‘constructive role to play’ was genuine delusion, or deliberate mischief or a disingenuous plea for mercy, the fact remains that Pakistan …

Kabul, Kashmir and the return of realpolitik
3 years, 1 month ago

Kabul, Kashmir and the return of realpolitik

The Hindu  

While the return of the Taliban to Kabul may have ended the internecine warfare within Afghanistan, the geopolitical contestation to own the spoils of Taliban’s victory has just begun. What is worse, India’s advances to court the Taliban and attempts to evolve a regional consensus on Afghanistan might deteriorate India-Pakistan relations and pose challenges for India in Kashmir. These instances …

K.C. Singh | Tackling Taliban-run Af: Difficult path lies ahead
3 years, 1 month ago

K.C. Singh | Tackling Taliban-run Af: Difficult path lies ahead

Deccan Chronicle  

At the third regional meeting of national security advisers or secretaries on Afghanistan, that was held in New Delhi earlier this week, the absence of both Pakistan and China underscored the lack of regional unanimity in dealing with the developments in that country in the aftermath of the capture of power by the Taliban around three months ago. Russia has …

Undefined role: On India-Afghanistan bilateral relations
3 years, 1 month ago

Undefined role: On India-Afghanistan bilateral relations

The Hindu  

By holding the Third Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan, chaired by NSA Ajit Doval this week, New Delhi has sent out three strong messages: one, that it wishes to remain an important and engaged player in the future of Afghanistan; second, that with the exit of U.S.-NATO troops, the ideal solution to the situation is through consensus in Afghanistan’s extended …

NSA Meet in Delhi a Key Step in India’s Quest to Regain Relevance in Afghanistan
3 years, 1 month ago

NSA Meet in Delhi a Key Step in India’s Quest to Regain Relevance in Afghanistan

News 18  

The Regional Security Dialogue in New Delhi brought together the National Security Advisors of seven important regional players—Russia, Iran, and the five Central Asian ‘stans—all with serious stakes in the stability and security of Afghanistan. By throwing its hat in the ring, India is signalling that she isn’t going to just roll over and play dead after the Taliban takeover …

Explained | Why is Delhi holding an NSA meet on Afghanistan?
3 years, 1 month ago

Explained | Why is Delhi holding an NSA meet on Afghanistan?

The Hindu  

The story so far: Nearly three months after the Taliban takeover of Kabul, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval will host a meeting of NSAs in the neighbourhood on November 10 to discuss Afghanistan’s future and how to deal with threats to security emanating from developments there. Confirmations have been received from all but China and Pakistan, and while Indian officials …

Top strategic expert decodes what Taliban takeover in Afghanistan means for India, other stakeholders
3 years, 2 months ago

Top strategic expert decodes what Taliban takeover in Afghanistan means for India, other stakeholders

Firstpost  

Professor Harsh V Pant says global jihadist networks are celebrating Taliban victory and they are very likely to attack countries like India While the world is watching the developments in Afghanistan with bated breath ever since the Taliban takeover on 15 August, it’s time to step back and examine the larger picture. From the time of Obama’s presidency and finally …

Engaging the Taliban: The Hindu Editorial on India and the Afghan rulers
3 years, 2 months ago

Engaging the Taliban: The Hindu Editorial on India and the Afghan rulers

The Hindu  

India’s participation in a meeting of 10 nations with Taliban officials in Moscow and the signing of a joint statement that recognised the “new reality” in Afghanistan signal a decisive shift in the country’s approach towards the Islamist group. In recent months, when the Taliban were making steady advances towards Kabul, India had established contacts with the Taliban’s political office …

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