America’s tacit recognition of Russia’s new role in the Afghan peace process is akin to a diplomatic coup
The resignation of Pratap Bhanu Mehta from India's premier private university has rung alarm bells among scholars abroad. 'The university must be a home for fearless inquiry and criticism,' a statement endorsed by over a hundred leading academics on Friday says.
Lloyd J. Austin will be meeting Rajnath Singh, S. Jaishankar and Ajit Doval during his three-day visit to India starting Friday.
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Afghan government and the Taliban agreed on Friday to try to accelerate peace talks, at a meeting in Moscow that followed an international conference there on the peace process, Afghanistan's top peace official and a Taliban spokesman said.