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Lt General R K Sawhney, PVSM, AVSM, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, National Security and Strategic Studies & Internal Security Studies, VIF

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s visit to New Delhi came at a crucial time and could well have set in motion the trajectory of how Indo-Afghan relations will pan out in the foreseeable future. That the Indo-Afghan relations have acquired a new salie....

September 21, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Afghanistan-India Relation , President Ashraf Ghani , Indo-Afghan

काबुल तो पाकिस्तान से दूर जाएगा ही

Sushant Sareen

अफगानिस्तान के राष्ट्रपति अशरफ गनी ने पाकिस्तान को आतंकियों का पनाहगार देश बताते हुए कहा है कि....

July 27, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Pakistan

Round Table Discussion on the ‘Developments in Afghanistan: Implications and Options for India’

In continuation of a long series of seminars and discussions on the future of Afghanistan, held by the VIF from time to time since 2009, a fresh round of discussion on the ‘Developments in Afghanistan: Implications and Options for India’, was hel....

July 11, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Interaction , Developments in Afghanistan , Options for India

अफगानिस्तान: विध्वंस की राह पर ?

Sushant Sareen

चतुर्भुज समन्वय दल (Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG)) के नए शांति प्रयासों में जुटे शैतानी सरगना पकिस्तान, पीड़ित प....

April 20, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan

Afghanistan: Heading for A Meltdown?

Sushant Sareen

Notwithstanding the charade of a new peace/reconciliation move by the Quadrilateral Coordination Group (QCG) comprising the villain-in-chief Pakistan, victim-in-chief Afghanistan, financier-in-chief USA and bystander-cum-freeloader-in-chief China, th....

April 08, 2016 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Afghanistan , Taliban , QCG

Interaction with Afghanistan’s Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Karzai

The Deputy Foreign Minister of Afghanistan H.E. Hekmat Karzai, as part of his recent visit to India, held a broad ranging interaction with members of the VIF faculty on 19 November 2015. The interaction spanned across a range of complex bilateral and....

November 26, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Interaction , Islamic State , ISIS , Taliban , Afghanistan and Pakistan

India’s Afghan Policy: Not Rebuff, But A Refrain from Reflexive Response

Sushant Sareen

In recent weeks, there has been some puzzlement over India’s somewhat less than enthusiastic response to Afghan overtures for re-engaging and revitalizing the Strategic Partnership Agreement signed between the two countries in 2011. At a time when ....

September 09, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan

Ghani's Gambit is Failing, Afghanistan is Unravelling

Lt General R K Sawhney, PVSM, AVSM, Centre Head & Senior Fellow, National Security and Strategic Studies & Internal Security Studies, VIF

The spring of 2015 was always going to be ‘hot’ in Afghanistan. The Taliban had already made clear their intention to bring the Ashraf Ghani government to its knees. It was also going to test the mettle of the Afghan National Army (ANA) which for....

May 22, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan

Walking Away or Ignoring Afghanistan is not an Option for India

Sushant Sareen

The policy shift being attempted by Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani in which he sought to relegate India to the fourth circle of priority and appease Pakistan has had mixed reception in the Indian strategic community. It ranges from disappointment....

April 24, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan

Interaction with Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, CEO of Afghanistan

Amidst growing uncertainties about Afghanistan’s future, the VIF hosted the Chief Executive Officer of the national unity government in Afghanistan His Excellency Dr. Abdullah Abdullah to deliberate upon a wide spectrum of issues, including, among ....

March 18, 2015 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Interaction , Abdullah Abdullah , Afghanistan National Army , CEO of Afghanistan