
Dissecting Afghan and Pakistani Taliban
Afghan Peace Process in limbo amid rising hostilities & debates over US ‘over the horizon operations’ base.

Afghan Peace Process in limbo amid rising hostilities & debates over US ‘over the horizon operations’ base.

India’s divergence from its whole previous stratagem of supporting Kabul is that India demanded the United Nations to place sanctions against the new Taliban leader in Afghanistan.

Taliban in recent years have honed their diplomatic arms. This is because the group did not enjoy any international legitimacy; when it took control of the country during the late 90s to 2001.

What does the leaked NYTimes news signify? Was this a deliberate attempt to pressurize Pakistan? Or put it in a discombobulated place? Or was it

The Taliban have increasingly asserted themselves by capturing territory and growing political influence in Afghanistan. Hence, now neither the United States nor the Afghan Government can independently deal with the Taliban.

May of 1998 is interesting in the history of South Asia, as two of its major powers, Pakistan and India undertook series of nuclear tests

The present-day Kashmir conflict is a consequence of the ill-planned partition of India. As a result to which two neighbours have been antagonistic to each other. This antagonism did not remain limited to mere altercations.
![Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu, India. [Credit: IAEA, CC-BY-SA] Indian irregularities and lack of follow-up actions on either nuclear theft, missing material, or stolen uranium has a history!](https://southasiatimes.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Kudankulam_NPP.webp)
Indian irregularities and lack of follow-up actions on either nuclear theft, missing material, or stolen uranium has a history!

Tragic blasts hit Kabul’s Dasht-e-Barchi, targeting a school and Shia community, claiming over fifty lives, mainly schoolgirls.

Analysis of US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan post-Biden’s announcement on April 16th, amidst speculations and Taliban threats, highlighting stakeholder roles.