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On The Eve of the Doha Round - Afghan Women Claim Their Space in the Peace Talks
Zulaikha Rafiq Commentary

This is an exceptionally confusing and exciting time in Afghanistan, and (we hope) a turning point in the history of the country. The US and the Afghan government representatives, together with civil society representatives are due to sit across the....

April 17, 2019 Afghanistan , Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , Taliban , Doha , Afghanistan peace talks , Afghan Women’s Network
Kabul’s Muscle-Flexing amidst recent Tensions
Prateek Joshi, Research Associate, VIF Commentary

Prime Minister Imran Khan’s recent assertion that Pakistan would play a key role in the Afghan peace settlement has contributed to the latest downswing of ties between these two nations.1 In his address to journalists, Imran Khan not onl....

April 04, 2019 Afghanistan , Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , Afghanistan’s government’s strong stance , Afghanistan peace process
Moscow Talks: Divided We Fall
Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Article

In an unprecedented move, the Taliban delegation held two-day talks with the Afghan politicians in a Kremlin-owned President Hotel in Moscow to discuss the future of Afghanistan. However, in a rather typical manner, the Afghan Government was once aga....

February 18, 2019 Afghanistan , Neighbourhood Studies , Article , Moscow Taliban talks , Afghanistan civil war
Afghanistan’s Landlocked Trap
Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Article

Pakistan’s denial of the air passage to the Indian cargo flights bound to Afghanistan comes as a major impediment in enhancing the regional connectivity of landlocked Afghanistan.1 In September 2018, Spice Jet has signed up a contract wi....

February 08, 2019 Afghanistan trade connectivity , Pakistan-Afghan issue , Article , Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan
Afghan Talks - Talking Peace without the People?
Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Commentary

Zalmay Khalilzad, the US special representative for Afghanistan reconciliation, tweeted at the end of six-day long peace talks with Taliban in Qatar that discussions have made “significant progress”. According to the media reports, the two sides ....

February 04, 2019 Afghanistan , Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , US-Taliban talks , Afghan peace process
The Great Game Revisited*
Tilak Devasher, Consultant, VIF Article

The continuing turmoil in Afghanistan and the entry of several players in Central Asia, in what has been called the New Great Game, is likely to get further complicated. This is due to the reported move of the US to pullout half their troops from Afg....

December 26, 2018 Afghanistan , Neighbourhood Studies , Article , The Great Game , Afghanistans vulnerability
Moscow Regional Consultations on Afghanistan: Can India Play a Role?
Arvind Gupta, Director, VIF Article

On 9 November 2018, Moscow organised regional consultations on Afghanistan which were attended by the Taliban’s Qatar office and the representatives of the Afghan High Peace Council. This was the first time that the Taliban and the representatives ....

November 10, 2018 Afghanistan , Neighbourhood Studies , Article , Taliban-Afghan meeting , Russia’s Afghanistan initiative
Wolesi Jirga Elections - Triumph of Afghan Democracy
Prateek Joshi, Research Associate, VIF Commentary

After being delayed by more than three years, elections for the Afghan National Assembly (Wolesi Jirga) were finally held on 20th October amidst growing threats from the Taliban. The international media had already communicated its prejudi....

October 26, 2018 Afghanistan , Neighbourhood Studies , Commentary , Afghan electorate victory , Afghan elections
Daesh in Afghanistan: It gets Weakened but Not yet Vanquished in Syria-Iraq
Alvite Singh Ningthoujam

It has been a little under two and a half years since January 26, 2015 when Daesh announced in Afghanistan, the establishment of its South Asian affiliate known as Islamic State in Khorasan (ISK). The outfit’s now-deceased spokesperson Abu Muhammad....

June 12, 2017 Khorasan , Daesh , Af-Pak , Pakistan , Daesh in Afghanistan , Syria , Iraq , Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan
अफगानिस्तान: भारत के विकल्प
Lt General R K Sawhney, PVSM, AVSM, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, National Security and Strategic Studies & Neighbourhood Studies and Internal Security Studies, VIF

अफगानिस्तान के राष्ट्रपति अशरफ गनी का भारत दौरा महत्वपूर्ण समय में हुआ और यह दौरा निकट भविष्य ....

October 13, 2016 Afghanistan , Neighbourhood Studies
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