Why Didn't India Reach Out to the Taliban?

If New Delhi finds itself out in the cold in Afghanistan, both the Congress-led UPA and BJP-led NDA have only themselves to blame.Each has been in power for a full decade from 2001, without......

As Kabul falls, President Ghani leaves Afghanistan

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani on Sunday left for Tajikistan, from where he will proceed to another country. The development came soon after Ghani left Afghanistan following the Taliban......

Why declaring Haqqanis a terror group won't help

Only punitive pressure against Pakistan can help in neutralising the Haqqani Network, says senior analyst B RamanIn a report to the United States Congress on September 7, Secretary of State Hillary......

Saddam's execution was illegal, vengeful

The hanging of Saddam Hussein was an outrageous instance of 'victor's justice', on top of a mountain of atrocities in Iraq, beginning with its unjust and illegal invasion. It was a colossal......