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US Withdrawal From Afghanistan Means India, China and Russia Need To Cooperate
As the Taliban s plans to reestablish a totalitarian state become more evident, regional powers need to support a sovereign Afghan state.
US troops patrol at an Afghan National Army (ANA) base in Logar province, Afghanistan August 7, 2018. Photo: REUTERS/Omar Sobhani/File Photo
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Most of the Western media coverage of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan has focused on discussing the historic moment in the light of American interests and possible security, economic, and diplomatic implications for Washington and its transatlantic allies.
But the real effects of the US departure and what it represents in a broader historical sense will be most acutely felt by Afghanistan and its neighbours, particularly its immediate neighbour China and near neighbours India and Russia â powers that will shape the future of a part of the world where most of humanity lives.
Pakistan Seen As Repeating ‘Pyrrhic Victory’ In Afghanistan
April 01, 2021
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Pakistani leaders have spent decades touting their role in shaping the various phases of war in Afghanistan that saw Islamabad gain influence in Afghan politics despite its often-acrimonious relationship with Kabul.
Leaders in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, home to Pakistan’s powerful military, once again see themselves on the cusp of a historic opportunity to shape Afghanistan’s future and fend off threats from ethno-nationalists and the influence of regional archrival India.
But observers say the prospect of Pakistan’s Taliban allies assuming power or becoming major powerbrokers is likely to be a hollow victory for Islamabad reminiscent of the 1990s, when a civil war followed the April 1992 demise of Afghanistan’s socialist government. The ensuing chaos forced millions of Afghans to seek shelter in Pakistan, which faced international isolation in a post-Cold War world defined