Policy of Intervention: COVID-19, Central Banks and Asset Bubbles
July 29, 2021
No one could imagine the past four weeks to have happened in Afghanistan. The revival of the Taliban; the US and NATO scrambling for an exit; the Kabul Government in mental paralysis; the Afghan National Army in total disarray and the poor common Afghan in utter shock; unable to grasp what is to unfold. This is a sad story all over again. Panic is real and heavy. Anyone associated in any manner or form may it be enrolled, casual, listed or beneficiary with the provincial or central government fears for his life. Requests for visas and asylums are fast lining up at not just the US embassy, but even that of the EU, Turkey, the UAE and India. Those with foreign passports have mostly left. Those without one are now struggling to find a way out. Borders with Pakistan, Iran, and CARs are reportedly closed. Those travelling to Pakistan can only use the air route. The Indian variant Covid, which is now very pre
Daily Times
July 15, 2021
No one could imagine the past four weeks to have happened in Afghanistan. The revival of the Taliban; the US and NATO scrambling for an exit; the Kabul Government in mental paralysis; the Afghan National Army in total disarray and the poor common Afghan in utter shock; unable to grasp what is to unfold. This is a sad story all over again. Panic is real and heavy. Anyone associated in any manner or form may it be enrolled, casual, listed or beneficiary with the provincial or central government fears for his life. Requests for visas and asylums are fast lining up at not just the US embassy, but even that of the EU, Turkey, the UAE and India. Those with foreign passports have mostly left. Those without one are now struggling to find a way out. Borders with Pakistan, Iran, and CARs are reportedly closed. Those travelling to Pakistan can only use the air route. The Indian variant Covid, which is now very prevalent in Kabul, has become another restriction to fre