I don't think so ...
Afghanistan will have close relations with both Iran and Russia, both of whom do not want to see fanaticism succeed in the neighbourhood.
India will step up various kinds of non-lethal assistance and training.
If Paks try to play the Taliban game again, there will be a...
Afghanistan should immediately put into place long-term arrangements with Iran and Russia.
As the US draws down the Afghan forces will need to be effective on a limited budget.
It would be good to use low cost high impact tactics - monitoring through UAVs, precision guided munitions, (almost)...
Good luck with that project.
However, it may be better to extend the already existing China-Turkmenistan pipeline onwards to Iran and Iraq. No need to cross the Himalayas.
IMO this is a good decision ... there is a lot that can be provided in terms of non-lethal equipment. Non-lethal equipment can include communications gear, radars, vehicles, UAVs etc. Furthermore there is already the training program, which can be expanded.
The Afghans can then use their...
Sir the problem with you is that there is no support for your fanatic ideology.
You have no support in Jammu & Ladakh, which together account for most of the area of the state.
You have no support from Shias or from the Gujjars.
Even in the valley itself which is a small area of the...
There really is no change of stand.
India has always supported a democratic and moderate Afghanistan.
If the Taliban agree to democratic norms and peaceful methods then that is good for all Afghans.
Drone are flying with Pakistani permission. It is easy for Pakistan to revoke permission. Iran does not hesitate to take over drones flying over its territory. The main question for Pakistan is whether it will be able to handle the consequences - which may include a negative impact on Pakistan's...
Your idiocy is breathtaking.
The scientists are not paid from Maino family Swiss bank accounts.
Rahul Dumbo does not do the design and planning.
Wake up!
Many Israeli backpackers in India are recuperating from military service and are young and boisterous. They don't have a very high budget. No need to generalize to all Israelis.
Firstly premise of article is wrong.
Modi is actually more secular than Advani. He talks only of development and welfare of all the people irrespective of creed and caste.
Interview of Zbig -
Question: The former director of the CIA, Robert Gates, stated in his memoirs ["From the Shadows"], that American intelligence services began to aid the Mujahadeen in Afghanistan 6 months before the Soviet intervention. In this period you were the national security adviser...
Where was there any insult to anybody?
All I say is that let there by maximum personal freedom, without violence, and let the best ideas prevail. Nobody should be enslaved to any ideological system by accident of birth, or by violent persecution of dissenting voices.
We respect the personal freedom of every individual. We also respect the freedom of individuals to critique various ideologies, without murdering them for blasphemy.
We'll see about that.