NEW YORK â U.S. President Joe Biden has asked India and other regional countries to pitch in to help stabilize Afghanistan as Washington has decided to pull out its troops ending a 20-year-old war.
Announcing his plans April 14 to unconditionally bring home the last of the U.S. military before Sept. 11 this year, Biden said: We ll ask other countries, other countries in the region, to do more to support Afghanistan, especially Pakistan, as well as Russia, China, India, and Turkey. They all have a significant stake in the stable future for Afghanistan.
The U.S. and NATO invaded Afghanistan after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks by Al Qaeda using hijacked aircraft on New York and Washington.
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Islamabad on Sunday for the first time publicly acknowledged the efforts being made by the United Arab Emirates to bring India and Pakistan back on the table of negotiation, although New Delhi refrained from confirming it officially.
The visit of External Affair Minister S Jaishankar and his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mahmood Qureshi to the United Arab Emirates around the same time lent credence to speculation over the behind-the-scenes role Abu Dhabi has been playing to bring the two South Asian nations back on the negotiation table.
Jaishankar reached Abu Dhabi on Sunday – just a day after Qureshi flew from Islamabad to Dubai to embark on a three-day visit to the UAE.
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Mr. Jaishankar said the second wave has exposed the vulnerabilities in the Indian capabilities that require upgradation and said accusing anyone of failure will not help the situation.
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Innovate to meet challenges thrown up by second wave, he tells industrial sector
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar on Monday defended the decision to export vaccines and urged the domestic industrial sector to innovate so that they can meet the challenges thrown up by the second wave of COVID-19. At a virtual event organised by the All India Management Association (AIMA), Mr. Jaishankar said “irresponsible people” are likely to criticise the exports.
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Jaishankar rejects criticism over export of coronavirus vaccines.
External Affairs Minister (EAM) Dr S Jaishankar today strongly rejected criticism over India s export of coronavirus vaccines, saying there were global commitments for a variety of reasons, including for procurement of raw materials for production of the doses.
At an online interaction, EAM said India prioritised vaccination of its people while describing those who questioned why the country was exporting at all as non-serious people.
Several political leaders, including Congress s Rahul Gandhi, slammed the government for exporting over 60 million doses of coronavirus vaccines when the country was reeling under increasing demands of the doses.
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