The Taliban fiasco a lesson for Pakistan
The Centre for Research and Security Studies states that in 2024 Pakistan had a total of 1,166 terrorist attacks and counter-terrorism operations which resulted in 2,546 fatalities and 2,267 injuries.
The Centre for Research and Security Studies states that in 2024 Pakistan had a total of 1,166 terrorist attacks and counter-terrorism operations which resulted in 2,546 fatalities and 2,267 injuries.
The staff at the Embassy was appointed by the outgoing government of Ashraf Ghani but now the country is under Taliban regime
Indians will not fail to miss the irony inherent in the message delivered over the weekend by Pakistan’s defence minister Khwaja Asif to the Taliban regime that rules Afghanistan.
The Taliban-led caretaker government in Afghanistan has dismissed Washington's claim over the alleged stronger presence of Daesh or Islamic State (IS) in Afghanistan as utterly fabricated.
Zabihullah Mujahid, spokesman for the Taliban-led government in Afghanistan on Thursday said that a
“We have constantly, how can I say it, increased rational access to the airport, where more folk can get there more safely. It’s still a dangerous operation but I don’t want to go into the detail of how we’re doing that,” said Biden
"The sudden surge (of crowd at the airport) was because people have been hearing what politicians have been saying in London and Washington, and they had come to the conclusion that the foreign governments will stop the airlifts within days. That added to the already prevailing sense of panic,"
For the very obvious reason that its record in the past 30 years cannot inspire confidence.
With only 80,000 troops, the Taliban could capture the country from the Afghan government having a nominal 300,699 troops.
"Modi, in the two back-to-back meetings of the CCS on August 17 and 18, instructed officials for speedy evacuation of Indians who are still in the war-torn country," an official said.
