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What does a Seat in the UN's Commission on Women mean for Afghan Women?
Anwesha Ghosh Commentary

For the first time, Afghanistan has secured a seat in the UN Commission on Status of Women (CSW) for a four year term.1 India was the other country to have secured a seat for the 2012-2025 term. The CSW is a pivotal international intergov....

September 29, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Commentary , US-Taliban peace talks , Adela Raz , Afghan women , CSW , Fawzia Koofi , Roya Rahmani
China’s Expanding role in Afghanistan
Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Article

As the United States plans to confront China in regions such as Indo-Pacific, it ingenuously is paving the way for Beijing’s rising influence at the heart of the Eurasian continent, i.e. Afghanistan. China’s primary aim in Afghanistan is to ensur....

September 23, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , China , Article , India , Pakistan , US , China , Afghanistan , Belt and Road , Taliban , Debt Trap , Terroism
Pursuit of ‘Peace’ brings some of the last Hindus and Sikhs of Afghanistan to India
Anwesha Ghosh Article

On 26th July, 11 members of the Hindu and Sikh communities of Afghanistan reached New Delhi after being granted priority visas by the Indian Embassy in Kabul.1 In the light of decades of persecution and the relentless attacks in the recent....

August 05, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , Afghan Hindus and Sikhs , religious minority , persecution , peace and conflict , asylum seeker , the Citizenship (Amendment) Act- 2019
Afghanistan: Taliban abandons the 'peace talks'
Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Article

Amid the global pandemic, when the countries are fighting for their very survival, the war in Afghanistan is slowly simmering. On Tuesday, the Taliban directed their negotiating team to end the ongoing discussions with the Afghan government on 'priso....

April 09, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , India , US , War , Afghanistan , Terrorism , Taliban , Peace talks , troop withdrawal , COVID-19 , aid cut , minorities , Sikh minorities , Hazara minorities
अमेरिका-तालिबान के बीच सैन्य निकासी समझौता
Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Article

18 महीने की बातचीत के बाद अमेरिका-तालिबान ने 29 फरवरी को 30 देशों और अंतरराष्ट्रीय संगठनों के प्रति....

March 16, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , अमेरिका , US-Taliban deal , तालिबान , दोहा
US-Taliban troop withdrawal deal
Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Article

After 18 months of negotiations, the US-Taliban signed the troop withdrawal deal in Doha on February 29 in the presence of representatives from 30 countries and international organisations, signalling the end of the 18-year old war in the country. Th....

March 02, 2020 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , India , Counter-terrorism , al-Qaeda , US-Taliban deal , troop withdrawal , Ghani government , intra-Afghan talks
2019: A Year of Missed Opportunities for Afghanistan
Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF 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
Afghanistan Presidential Election: Analysing the Preliminary results
Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Commentary

Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) has finally announced the preliminary results of the Presidential elections held in Afghanistan on 28 September 2019. The results, though not final, gave a thin majority to the incumbent President....

December 27, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Commentary , Taliban , Afghanistan Elections , Ashraf Ghani , Abdullah Abdullah , UNAMA
Afghanistan: Reopening of peace talks
Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Article

President Trump, during his surprise visit to Afghanistan on 28 November, has once again shifted the contour of US foreign policy towards the Taliban by declaring that the US has renewed the peace talks with the armed group. What is unique in this re....

December 04, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , Afghanistan peace , US-Taliban engagements , Taliban’s intransigence
RISS-VIF Dialogue on Afghanistan

The Russian Institute for Strategic Studies (RISS), Moscow, hosted Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) at Moscow on 24-25 September 2019, for a two-day Round Table Conference (RTD) on ‘Afghanistan Crisis and the Problems of its Settlement: P....

October 25, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Conferences , Chabahar Port , Taliban , US-Taliban peace talks , Afghanistan Crisis
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