NEW DELHI: US President Joe Biden s announcement to withdraw American forces from Afghanistan is a big step that is going to take the war-ravaged country in a certain direction and it is important for the stakeholders to work together to ensure that the path it takes is the right one and the outcomes are good for the Afghan people, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Friday.
In an interactive session with Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif and Afghan National Security Advisor (NSA) Hamdullah Mohib at the Raisina Dialogue, Jaishankar also said Afghanistan needs a double peace , that is peace within and peace around it.
US seeks greater but vaguely-defined role for India and other regional powers in Afghanistan
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US seeks greater but vaguely-defined role for India and other regional powers in Afghanistan
Chidanand Rajghatta / TNN / Updated: Apr 15, 2021, 21:05 IST
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WASHINGTON: Acknowledging that India among other countries in the region has a significant stake in Afghanistan, the Biden administration has pledged to ask regional nations to do more to support Kabul even as Washington packs up from the strife-torn country by September 11 after a failed 20-year effort to defeat the Taliban.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, on his way to Kabul following the announcement of the American pullout, said during a stopover at the NATO headquarters in Brussels that despite some differences there are some shared interests across a number of countries, whether it is Russia, China, India, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, and others, in not seeing
Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat said on Thursday that China felt that doing a little bit of "shove and push" will help them compel nations to give in to their demands. He added that India stood firm on the northern borders, proving that "we will not get pushed".
India stood firm to China s shove and push tactics: Gen Bipin Rawat
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Chief of Army Staff Bipin Rawat.(File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, April 15 : India stood firm to China s shove and push tactics on the northern borders in Eastern Ladakh, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat said on Thursday.
China feels that just by doing a little bit of shove and push, it will be able to compel nations to give in to their demands, but India has stood firm on the northern borders, General Rawat said. We have proven that we will not get pushed, he said while speaking at a virtual discussion during the ongoing Raisina Dialogue 2021.
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19:48 (IST) Apr 15
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