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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

Women’s Rights in Afghanistan: A Long Struggle Ahead

Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF

… there is no tool for development more effective than the empowerment of women, no policy is more important in preventing conflict, or in achieving reconciliation after a conflict has ended .. international community must continue to provide the n....

September 19, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Afghan women issues , emancipation of Afghan women , women’s rights in Afghanistan

Deadlock in Afghanistan

Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Article

In a dramatic turn of events, the US President announced in a tweet on September 7 that he has called-off the secret meeting with the Taliban leaders at Camp David, and ended the peace talks with the armed group.¹ Further, keeping alive th....

September 18, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , US-Taliban talks , Taliban intransigence , Afghanistan violence

अंतर-अफगान संवाद: एक परिप्रेक्ष्य

Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Article

प्रस्तावना

जर्मनी और कतर के साझा प्रयास से 7 से 8 जुलाई 2019 को दोहा में दो दिवसीय अंतर-अफगान सं�....

August 07, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , अफगानिस्तान-तालिबान वार्ता , तालिबान का दोहरापन , अफगानिस्तान-शांति

Intra-Afghan Dialogue: A perspective

Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Article

Introduction

The intra-Afghan dialogue convened with the joint efforts of Germany and Qatar from 7-8 July in Doha has raised hopes of ending the 18-year-old conflict in Afghanistan. The dialogue was celebrated as a major milestone by all ....

July 24, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Article , US-Taliban talks , Taliban’s duplicity , Afghanistan peace