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Pakistan-Afghanistan Border Simmers Again: Taliban Has Opened Durand Line Issue
- January 12, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Categories: Afghanistan, Pakistan
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Pakistan’s 40-year Afghan policy has been aimed at getting Kabul to recognise the Durand Line.
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China’s new land boundary law fits in with its expansionism
- January 12, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Category: China


Ashok Kumar writes: India’s response must be carefully thought through as purely military actions may not solve the situation in the long term
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Demystifying the “Armed Struggle” in Jammu and Kashmir
- January 12, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Categories: India, Jammu & Kashmir


The younger generation may not be aware, but when gun toting “mujahideen” [holy warriors] first appeared in J&K during the late 80s, they had assured the people that ‘azadi’ [freedom] was just round the corner.
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China implements new border law, India likely to face more challenges
- January 3, 2022
- Posted by: admin
- Categories: China, India


India is likely to face more challenges at the northern border as China implements its new border law from Saturday.
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Pakistan Prisoners of War 1971, Pawns in a larger Game
- December 22, 2021
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- Category: Pakistan


“It took Pak POWs of the 1971 war over two and a half years to be repatriated, they were but pawns in a bigger game”.
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India relations set to climb new heights as new coalition assumes charge in Germany
- December 22, 2021
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Europe


The next round of the India-Germany inter-governmental consultations will be a good occasion for the leadership of the two countries to exchange views on global matters and add strategic substance
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Japanese Election Results – Beyond Predictions
- November 14, 2021
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- Category: Japan


The Japanese general election held on 31 October 2021 delivered results beyond the prediction of opinion polls. The ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) secured a stable majority on their own, despite its worst show since 2009.
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India and ASEAN look to deepen partnership
- November 12, 2021
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- Category: ASEAN & ARF


The context and current focus of the India-ASEAN Summit are the Indo-Pacific. PM Modi noted the special role of ASEAN in India’s Act East Policy and the Security and Growth for All in the Region (SAGAR) as also in the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative. ASEAN is aware that India was a protagonist of the Quad’s focus on ASEAN centrality. Quad is not mentioned in the documents, but the collaboration is not restrained in any manner.
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On Pakistan-TTP Talks – OpEd
- November 11, 2021
- Posted by: admin
- Category: Pakistan


In a joint press conference held in Islamabad on November 14, 2020, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister [FM] Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Director General [DG] Inter-Services Public Relations [ISPR] Maj Gen Babar Iftikhar unveiled a dossier which supposedly contained “irrefutable evidence” of state sponsored terrorism being orchestrated by India against Pakistan.
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Indian aid and flag needs to touch down in Afghanistan. ‘Influencers’ are already flying in
- November 11, 2021
- Posted by: admin
- Categories: Afghanistan, India


In several recent summits, international actors have been jostling for space and status in Afghanistan. India can’t be conspicuous by absence.