The moment Afghan President Ashraf Ghani boarded the plane for Tajikistan at Kabul International Airport marked the end of 20 years long US efforts to build a state in an ill-fated country. Trillions of dollars spent on constructing an Afghan state went down the drain. Afghan armed forces just vanished into thin air. The government […]
There was never a time in modern Afghan history when Afghan state was in a position to financially afford a security force on its own. Afghans have always been financially dependent on outside force for sustaining their military force and the modern state structure. The modern Afghan state and its armed forces, since they were […]
In February 2020, during his only visit to New Delhi, former US president Donald Trump reportedly offered Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi certain guarantees about the US decision to reconcile with Afghan Taliban. “India need not worry” is how one Indian official, as reported in Indian media, described US President’s message to Indian government as […]