Author: Aditi Tripathi

The Foreign Minister of India, S. Jaishankar, will be visiting Israel over the weekend to shore up ties between the two strategic partners. Union External Affairs Minister Dr. S Jaishankar will be on a three-day visit to Israel from October 19 to 21  in the first high-level engagement between Prime Minister Narendra Modi government and the Israeli government led by Naftali Bennett. The External Affairs Minister will be halting for a day in Dubai and will hold a meeting with the leadership over the regional environment, including situations in Afghanistan and Central Asia. The visit is expected to cement diplomatic and political…

The Jinnah statue, installed in June at Marine Drive, considered a safe zone, was blown up by explosives placed beneath the statue on September 26th morning, Dawn reported on September 27th. The Baloch militants have destroyed a statue of Pakistan’s founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, in a bomb attack in the coastal city of Gwadar in the troubled Balochistan province. Jinnah’s statue got installed in a high-security zone near the residence of a General Officer Commanding (GOC) and the office of the Deputy Inspector General in June 2021. Gwadar Deputy Commissioner Major (retd) Abdul Kabir Khan said that the militants had…

The turbulent political climate in Afghanistan has led to some severe turn of events in the dynamics of global politics. Afghanistan has been a testament to attacks from the outside world and has proven its courage every time. However, the recent shift in the politics of Afghanistan might be a signal of a changed scenario.  Afghanistan was called the “Graveyard of Empires” for its consistent victory over imperial forces. The lust over Afghanistan cost the global powers their resources and reputation and sacrificed Afghanistan’s past, present, and future. Today, the country’s peace is in the hands of an extremist group…

While appreciating India’s humanitarian and developmental efforts in Afghanistan, such as building the Salma Dam, roads, and other infrastructure projects, the Taliban has warned India to refrain from playing any military role on the soil of Afghanistan. In an interview with ANI, the Qatar-based spokesperson of the Taliban Suhail Shaheen said, “What do you mean by a military role? If they come to Afghanistan with the military and have their presence on our soil, that will not be good. They have seen the fate of other countries and their military presence in Afghanistan. So it is an open book for…