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As US goes Retrograde in Afghanistan Pakistan gets an Upgrade

Introduction Kicking-off the first phase of the US pull-out from Afghanistan, two convoys of 25 containers each crossed the Torkham and Chaman border check-posts in Pakistan on 10 Feb 2013. The containers, “part of the US redeployment of ....

February 20, 2013 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , US , Afghanistan , Pakistan

Pakistan Looks to Increase its Defence Footprint in Afghanistan

Monish Gulati

Introduction Afghan Defence Minister Bismillah Mohammadi, on 27 January 2013, led a six-member delegation for a five-day official tour to Pakistan for talks on defence cooperation and border coordination. Pakistani Chief of Army Staff, Gene....

February 05, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Pakistan

Taliban and Afghan Peace – No Tango after Paris

Monish Gulati

A track II initiative was organized on 20-21 December 2012 by the Paris-based Foundation for Strategic Research (FRS) at the Chateau de la Tour Hotel in Gouvieux, Chantilly fifty kilometers north of Paris. The meeting was the third such event arrange....

January 26, 2013 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan

Post - 2014 Afghan Security: Hope is not a Strategy

Brig Gurmeet Kanwal

Gradually but inexorably, Afghanistan is crawling towards anarchy due to its deteriorating security situation. The US-led forces in Afghanistan are on target to complete their drawdown by end-2014. In fact, many members of the US Congress are clamour....

December 28, 2012 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan

VIF-RUSI-CICIR International Seminar on “Afghanistan Post - 2014 : Perspectives from the Region”

Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF) organised a Seminar on “Afghanistan Post 2014- Perspectives from the Region” on 30^th Nov 2012, in which experts from RUSI (Royal United Services Institute), CICIR (China Institute of Contempor....

December 08, 2012 Seminar_57 , Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Seminars , Shanghai Cooperation Organization , ANSF , Afghanistan Post 2014 , Royal United Services Institute

Reviewing India-Afghanistan Partnership

Nitin Gokhale

The implementation of India-Afghanistan Strategic Partnership, signed more than a year ago, is all set to gather momentum in coming months in the wake of a successful India visit by Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai earlier this week. While Kar....

November 17, 2012 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan

Russia’s New Silk Road Strategy: Connecting to Pakistan

Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

Even though much awaited President Putin’s visit to Pakistan in the first week of October has been shelved, causing disappointment among the Pakistani establishment, the doors for finding a new understanding between the two on Afghanistan and regio....

October 08, 2012 International Relations and Diplomacy , Neighbourhood Studies , Central Asia , Afghanistan , Pakistan

When Bastions Become Insecure, Orderly Retreat Becomes Unavoidable

Sushant Sareen

The portents of the Taliban strike against Camp Bastion in Helmand earlier this month are rather depressing and disheartening. Despite the brave face being put on by the NATO commanders, the devastating attack raises serious questions about the viabi....

September 28, 2012 Terrorism , National Security and Strategic Studies , Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan

The State of Public Education in Afghanistan: Political Problems, and Future Prospects

Aqil Zahirpour

The advent of the 21st century marked a unique era for Afghanistan. Presumably, an end was put to the wearisome conflict in late 2001, and a new chapter full of unprecedented and complicated pages was opened. Surviving every hardship in the last mome....

August 27, 2012 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan , Islamic State , Education Policy , Monograph , Education in Afghanistan , Democratic Republic

Afghanistan and America’s New Silk Road Strategy

Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

The security situation in Afghanistan continues to follow a declining curve. Not only the NATO supply routes through Pakistan have been attacked by the Taliban the logistics coming through Uzbekistan via the Northern Distribution Network have also co....

August 13, 2012 Neighbourhood Studies , Afghanistan