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  • India-Afghanistan: Interesting Times Ahead
    Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy.    ·   01 Dec, 2015    ·    #4939    ·    Commentary    
    India-Afghanistan relations took an interesting turn in November 2015. In the span of a month, New Delhi hosted at least two high-level visitors: Afghan National Security Advisor Hanif Atmar, and Afghan Deputy Foreign Minister Hekmat Karzai. Additi ...
  • Afghanistan: Takeaways from the Kunduz Offensive
    Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy.    ·   05 Oct, 2015    ·    #4918    ·    Commentary    
    On 28 September 2015 the Taliban launched an elaborate offensive on Kunduz city, capital of the Kunduz Province.  By 29 September 2015 - the Afghan National Unity Government’s (NUG) first anniversary - Kunduz city was overrun by the Taliba ...
  • Afghanistan
    What is the Afghan Taliban Up To?
    Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy.    ·   25 Jun, 2015    ·    #4894    ·    Commentary    
    On 22 June 2015, the Afghan Taliban claimed a suicide bombing attack by seven militants on the Afghan parliament that killed two and injured several. The attack, dramatic even for Afghanistan standards, took place as the Wolesi Jirga was about to f ...
  • What�s Brewing between Afghanistan and Pakistan?
    Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy.    ·   08 Jun, 2015    ·    #4885    ·    Commentary    
    On 29 May, media reports stated that Afghan President Ashraf Ghani issued a strongly-worded letter to the Pakistani government. The letter demands tougher Pakistani action against terrorism, increased counter-terrorism cooperation between Afghanist ...
  • Islamic State in Af-Pak: The �Wilayat Khurasan� Conundrum
    Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy.    ·   04 Mar, 2015    ·    #4847    ·    Commentary    
    In January 2015, the Islamic State (IS), in a statement, called on the militants operating in the Af-Pak region to pledge their allegiance to their chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi and his ‘Caliphate’. They declared ‘Wilayat Khurasan&rs ...
  • The Strategist
    The Af-Pak Entity: Seduction to Armageddon?
    Vijay Shankar.    ·   12 Jan, 2015    ·    #4802    ·    Commentary    
    Armageddon is the mythical site of gathering of armies for battle that will end all. Its geographical location is shrouded in biblical lore and considerable controversy exists of its mercatorial coordinates, but its implications of the eventual cat ...
  • From Kashmir to Kabul
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   02 Jan, 2015    ·    #4791    ·    Commentary    
    The year that just got ended, despite what critics would find faults with, was not all that bad. Despite the multiple negative developments in the region, there were still some visible positive outputs, that provides for optimism in 2015. Let us s ...
  • Pak-Afghan Reset: Will the Taliban and al Qaeda follow?
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   11 Dec, 2014    ·    #4773    ·    Commentary    
    Following the visits of Pakistan’s National Security Advisor, Chief of Army Staff and the ISI Chief to Kabul, and then of the new Afghan President Ashraf Ghani to Islamabad – all in space of last two months, there seems to be a positive ...
  • Af-Pak Diary
    Resetting Kabul-Islamabad Relations: Three Key Issues
    D Suba Chandran.    ·   01 Dec, 2014    ·    #4762    ·    Commentary    
    In November 2014, the new President of Afghanistan, Ashraf Ghani, made his maiden visit to Pakistan, one that is being projected as a “breakthrough” in the bilateral relations between the two countries. Only recently, the renowned inter ...
  • China in Afghanistan: Is the Engagement Really a Win-Win?
    Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy.    ·   20 Nov, 2014    ·    #4751    ·    Commentary    
    On 28 October, Ashraf Ghani, the newly-elected president of Afghanistan, landed in Beijing, making China the destination of his first international visit after assuming office. The timing and the visit are telling. The West has been attempting to c ...
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