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Following President Joe Biden’s much-anticipated announcement that the United States would withdraw remaining troops from war-torn Afghanistan on September 11, the world is getting ready for another peace process expected to finalise the ways and means of breaking the impasse on Afghan reconciliation. To be held under the aegis of the United Nations, the 10-day Istanbul conference beginning 24 April is part of the Joe Biden administration’s attempt to extricate itself from the quagmire in Afghanistan. Thanks to Washington’s intervention, India will also participate in the conference.
Biden’s plan is to pull out all remaining 2,500 American soldiers by the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. This is the most significant foreign policy decision of the Biden administration so far. Immediately after Biden disclosed his plan, the NATO chief, Jens Stoltenberg, also announced to withdraw its roughly 7,000 forces from Afghanistan within months. Exit of all U
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Twenty years is a long time for stabilising any conflict-ridden country, but Afghanistan has frequently defied timelines and solutions. It has been one year since the United States and the Afghan Taliban signed a landmark agreement leading to a political settlement between Kabul and the Islamic insurgents. However, the February 2020 Doha agreement and the subsequent negotiations have failed to bring Afghanistan anywhere near peace, even as the Joe Biden administration is hard-pressed to make a final decision regarding the withdrawal of the US troops. For obvious reasons, India wants the US to remain invested in Afghanistan, militarily, diplomatically and economically.
63 trainees pass out from North Eastern Police Academy
Umsaw Khwan (Meghalaya), Dec 19 (UNI) All together 63 trainees from various North Eastern States states passed out as officers after completing the 47th Basic Course from the North Eastern Police Academy (NEPA) at Umiam, Ri-Bhoi district on Saturday. NEPA Director, Deepak Kumar reviewed the Passing Out Parade of 47th Batch Basic Course trainees. The course comprised one Deputy Superintendent of Police from Nagaland, 39 Sub Inspectors, 16 from Meghalaya, 15 from Nagaland, three from Nagaland Home Guards and Civil Defence, two from Manipur, two from Mizoram, one from Tripura and 23 Assistant Sub Inspectors, 21 from Nagaland and two from Manipur.
41 Indian sailors stuck on 2 ships off Chinese coast
41 Indian sailors stuck on 2 ships off Chinese coast
ByAnjana VaswaniAnjana Vaswani / Updated: Dec 13, 2020, 11:38 IST
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Over a year at sea now and no signs of the ordeal ending
China has denied MV Anastasia and MV Jag Anand permission to offload their cargo because of a nasty trade dispute with Australia
All of us now have some idea of how devastating isolation can be: it affects sleep patterns, impairs one’s power of reasoning, unleashes stress hormones, and can even drive one to the depths of depression. Understandably, after the
Maharashtra government allowed some physical activity as part of ‘Mission Begin Again’ at the end of May, people rushed outdoors. So eager were they to get a breath of fresh air and see some new faces that even the risk of contracting this dreaded virus didn’t hold anyone back. The world was stunned by pictures of the crowds at the Marine Drive promenade in June this year. That