Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that the Aam Aadmi Party has "stooped" to the lowest level of politics following AAP leader Rituraj Jha allegedly making a controversial statement against Puri saying Rohingya infiltrators are "Puri's relatives".
Joe Biden’s presidency was ushered in with high hopes for stability and healing. His promise to unite a divided nation and restore dignity to the Oval Office struck a chord with many voters.
India’s decision to re-engage diplomatically with the Taliban marks a significant shift in its regional approach. Following the collapse of the previous Afghan government led by President Ashraf Ghani in 2021, India faced a major setback to its two-decade-long investments in Afghanistan’s development and democratic institutions.
‘Great Games’ was used to describe the fierce fight by rival powers for spheres of influence in the unforgiving swathes of South-Central Asia (modern day Afghanistan), at the crossroads of civilisations.
Justifying its recent airstrikes in Afghanistan's Paktika province, the Pakistan government on Monday stated that it would carry out more such attacks inside the Afghan territory to target Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) hideouts
In the aftermath of the militant outfit’s takeover of the country in August, the Biden administration froze $9.5 billion of Afghanistan’s foreign reserves, stopped sending shipments of dollars to the embattled country’s central bank, and even exerted pressure on the IMF to delay plans to transmit emergency reserve funds to the country.
Bangladesh Foreign Secretary also said that Bangladesh can be a partner in Afghanistan's developmental process as Bangladesh seeks to enhance regional cooperation for the attainment of a vision of shared prosperity for the region.
An Afghan economist has said that the new budget would probably be only a quarter of that for 2021. He might have been overly cynical, but in the absence of recognition by the comity of nations, the going is bound to be tough on the fiscal front.
The meeting, chaired by External Affairs Minister S Jaishanakar, was attended by the foreign ministers of the Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
There are reports that India has invited the leaders of the five Central Asian countries as chief guests for the Republic Day parade next year.
