Shared Stakes In Safety

Going to Afghanistan to train its security personnel is in India's interest

Shared Stakes In Safety

The strategic partnership agreement between India and Afghanistan during President Hamid Karzai's visit to India in October 2011 implicitly recognized "India's ability to rebuild Afghan institutions, including the military, whose requirement would be overwhelming following ISAF's departure," says the former army chief Deepak Kapoor. It is only a matter of choice as to the manner of implementing the training of the Afghan security personnel, two of which are suggested in the article.

-The Times of India, February 7, 2012 

Exit At Any Cost?

The US's attempt to engage the Taliban is fraught with risk for Afghanistan

Exit At Any Cost?

-The Times of India, February 1, 2012

While the Taliban have agreed to hold talks with "the world" through an office in Qatar, the US, it seems, has no idea as to where the talks will lead them, as was honestly uttered by the secretary of state Hillary Clinton.

"The Obama administration is willing to hand over five Taliban commanders currently in Guantanamo Bay as a "confidence-building measure" without significant concessions in return."

How is Afghanistan going to be effected in the wake of current circumstances? Especially when Pakistan's role is an additional "dark mystery."