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The Mess that is Afghanistan
- August 19, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen Syed Ata Hasnain (Retd)
- Categories: India, Military
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I chose this title to keep the scope of this essay open ended because the current situation in Afghanistan is too tenuous at present to get any clear cut answers. What we should be getting to look at is the trends and what we make of them.
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Indian Armed Forces in Afghanistan?
- August 16, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Col Manoj K Channan (Retd)
- Category: Uncategorized
They are a mass of contradictions, murderers at heart, poetry on lips, with a brand new rifle, followed by an old wife (they’ll change the rifle but not their wife), they love music but hold musicians in contempt, they love fighting but make very bad soldiers, very poor discipline! Gen Tariq on Afghans.
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India post-Taliban takeover in Afghanistan assessing the risks
- August 16, 2021
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Afghanistan
Afghanistan is an ancient mountainous landlocked country at the crossroads of Central and South Asia and is surrounded by Pakistan to the east and south, Iran to the west, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan to the north, and China to the northeast.
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J&K as a separate theatre questionable. It should come under western continental command
- August 16, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen (Dr) Prakash Menon (Retd)
- Categories: India, Military
Prime Minister Narendra Modi should refrain from making theatre command announcements on Independence Day.
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Sino Indian Logjam and Tang Ping – The Geopolitical Dimension
- August 16, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
- Category: China
Reports have alluded to PLA transgressing the LAC and occupation of locations / heights in violation of accepted terms of the recent military agreements. One report also claimed that a clash had taken place at Galwan.
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A Process-led Approach towards Integrated Military Commands
- August 16, 2021
- Posted by: admin
- Categories: India, Military
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Why Strategies of Stakeholders in Afghanistan Failing Against Taliban?
- August 16, 2021
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Afghanistan
Taliban is increasingly gaining ground in Afghanistan, on daily basis, for considerable period.
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AFGHANISTAN HURTLING TOWARDS A CIVIL WAR: INDIA SHRINKING OPTIONS
- July 29, 2021
- Posted by: admin
- Category: India
On July 3, US forces evacuated the famous Bagram airbase, which had been the key and the strongest base of the US counter-terrorism operations across Afghanistan for the past 20 years.
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The Dark and Deep Woods of National Defence
- July 26, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
- Category: India
Former prime PM Manmohan Singh recently said ‘The road ahead is even more daunting than during the 1991 economic crisis and the nation would need to recalibrate its priorities to ensure a dignified life for all Indians’.
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The Road Ahead for Taliban by Lt Gen P R Shankar (R)
- July 26, 2021
- Posted by: Lt Gen PR Shankar (Retd)
- Category: India
Everyone expects Taliban, supported by Pakistan, which is backed by China to sweep into power in Afghanistan.
