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West Asia Roundup– February 2020

Amb Anil Trigunayat, Distinguished Fellow, VIF Article

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US-Taliban

After a weeklong trial halt in violence by Taliban against US or Afghan targets the Peace Agreement was signed between US and Taliban in Doha that seeks to end the 19 years old war and presence of US for....

March 11, 2020 International Relations and Diplomacy , West Asia , Article , Israel , India , US , Saudi , Taliban , Organisation of Islamic Cooperation , Iranian elections , Qatar hosts peace agreement , Idlib conflict , Hosni Mubarak’s death

Afghanistan Presidential Election: Analysing the Preliminary results

Dr Yatharth Kachiar, Research Associate, VIF Commentary

Afghanistan’s Independent Election Commission (IEC) has finally announced the preliminary results of the Presidential elections held in Afghanistan on 28 September 2019. The results, though not final, gave a thin majority to the incumbent President....

December 27, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Commentary , Taliban , Afghanistan Elections , Ashraf Ghani , Abdullah Abdullah , UNAMA

RISS-VIF Dialogue on Afghanistan

The Russian Institute for Strategic Studies (RISS), Moscow, hosted Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) at Moscow on 24-25 September 2019, for a two-day Round Table Conference (RTD) on ‘Afghanistan Crisis and the Problems of its Settlement: P....

October 25, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Conferences , Chabahar Port , Taliban , US-Taliban peace talks , Afghanistan Crisis

On The Eve of the Doha Round - Afghan Women Claim Their Space in the Peace Talks

Zulaikha Rafiq Commentary

This is an exceptionally confusing and exciting time in Afghanistan, and (we hope) a turning point in the history of the country. The US and the Afghan government representatives, together with civil society representatives are due to sit across the....

April 17, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Commentary , Taliban , Afghan Women’s Network , Doha , Afghanistan peace talks

Afghanistan Manoeuvres: Sense and Nonsense of Talking to Taliban

Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee, Editor, VIF

… every stake holder for Afghanistan’s democracy, stability and progress appreciates the severe consequences of the Taliban assuming power … also understand that even in a power sharing arrangement between the legitimate, democratic Government ....

March 28, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Situation in Afghanistan , Taliban

The Afghanistan Conundrum

Maj Gen P K Mallick, VSM (Retd), Consultant, VIF

… for the United States, pushing the Taliban to join peace talks with Kabul is paramount to ending its 17-year long involvement in the war. But perhaps Washington's biggest problem will be figuring out how to balance the Taliban's demand for a comp....

March 07, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Taliban

Revival of Peace Initiatives in Afghanistan: Implications for India

Introduction

Seventeen years have passed since the American forces entered Afghanistan in October 2001 and ousted the Taliban. The massive crackdown forced the Al-Qaeda and the Taliban leaders to melt into Pakistan, where they replenished....

January 31, 2019 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , US , Taliban , al-Qaeda , Peace Initiatives in Afghanistan , Afghan National Army

Brainstorming Session on Afghanistan

Security situation in Afghanistan faces greater challenges. Besides the Taliban, the rise of ISIS opens up another front for the embattled Afghan state. At a time when the Afghan national election draws closer, security challenges necessitate greater....

September 21, 2018 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Conferences , ISIS , Taliban , Afghan state , Security situation in Afghanistan

Discussion on “Afghanistan: Emerging Strategic Re-Alignment”

The VIF hosted an internal discussion on ‘Afghanistan: Emerging Realignment’ on 04 May 2017. The purpose was to consider Afghanistan’s dwindling security environment and imperatives for India to hedge its bets against a resurgent Taliban waiti....

May 31, 2017 Conference , Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Conferences , US , Kabul , Taliban , Durand Line

Interaction with a Delegation from China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR)

A delegation of China Institutes of Contemporary International Relations (CICIR), led by its President Prof. Ji Zhiye, including Mr. Han Liqun and Mr. Hu Shisheng, among others, visited the VIF on 5 August 2016 for an interaction on India-China relat....

August 16, 2016 International Relations and Diplomacy , China , Interaction , POK , OBOR , CPEC , Taliban , CICIR