Articles

VIF Virtual Talk by H.E. Rahmatullah Nabil, former head of Afghanistan’s NDS

The complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan before September 11 is turning out to be a complicated affair. Taliban is gaining a strong foothold in Afghanistan. It has not shown any seriousness in negotiations over intra-Afghan dialogue an....

July 30, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Interaction , Pakistan , US Withdrawal , Taliban , Intra-Afghan dialogue

Afghanistan: What Lies Ahead in 2021?

Dr Yatharth Kachiar Commentary

After a violence-ridden 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Afghanistan is looking ahead at a more turbulent new year as the United States plans for a full troop withdrawal from the country by May 2021. The intra-Afghan dialogue that began in Doha in Se....

January 05, 2021 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Commentary , Taliban , Intra-Afghan dialogue , troop withdrawal , Violence , the Afghan government , President Biden , counterterrorism , US-Taliban agreement

2019: A Year of Missed Opportunities for Afghanistan

Dr Yatharth Kachiar Article

The year 2019 ended for Afghanistan on a more chaotic and disappointing note because of two major reasons: a) failure in achieving any major breakthrough in the ongoing peace process with the Taliban, specifically in relation to the ceasefire and int....

January 13, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , Presidential election , Peace talks , Ceasefire , Intra-Afghan dialogue , US-Iran escalation