Afghanistan How a Covert Relationship With the Taliban Backfired for US Ally Pakistan – Bloomberg About two weeks after the Taliban retook Afghanistan in 2021, the then head of Pakistan’s spy agency arrived at one of Kabul’s plushest hotels,...

The Local Government (LG) elections in Sri Lanka have been postponed twice in the last one year. The election to choose new administrations for 340 local councils[1] that serve four-year terms was last held in 2018; therefore, the same was supposed...

Afghanistan Why India is cautiously engaging with the Taliban regime in Afghanistan -Scroll In February, the Indian budget for 2023 allocated Rs 200 crore in aid to Afghanistan. It was an indication of how far India’s engagement with the Taliban has...

Since its independence in 1948, Sri Lanka faced its worst economic crisis in the year 2022. Initially, in 2022, the country was facing Omicron, a variant of Covid19, followed by deep political and economic distress throughout the year. Economic...