USA’s hasty troop withdrawal from Afghanistan and the subsequent Taliban takeover in Kabul has sent shockwaves throughout the world. The situation in Afghanistan remains uncertain and chaotic. Contrary to the fundamental military dictum of “keeping one leg on the ground the situation in Afghanistan is of both legs in the air-with no safe place to land”. Media is awash with analysis and speculations over the dramatic pace of events, from the domino effect of falling provincial capitals and Kabul, the near-total absence of resistance by the Afghan National Defence and Security forces (ANDSF), the sudden US abandoning of Bagram, the chaotic evacuation againsta stringent time-line imposed by Taliban, the bomb blasts resulting in loss of lives, including US combatants, and the targeted counter-drone strikes by the US.
Impact of Developments in Afghanistan on India: A Report (Aakriti Vinayak, Vinod Anand, VIF)
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