Iran sanctions push casts shadow on Manmohan-Obama meet
Washington has been trying to garner international support for tightening screws on Tehran… 11 April 2010The Hindu Iran sanctions push casts shadow on Manmohan-Obama meetSiddharth Varadarajan New Delhi: Apart from … Continue reading
India upset with Holbrooke view on Kabul attack
U.S. AfPak czar Richard Holbrooke has irritated India with his statement on Wednesday that the terrorist attack in Kabul which claimed seven Indian lives was not targeted on India or … Continue reading
Afghan message to India: Do not be deterred
Kabul, Delhi to tell U.S that Pakistan cannot have veto on bilateral ties 12 October 2009The Hindu Afghan message to India: Do not be deterred Siddharth Varadarajan New Delhi: Afghanistan … Continue reading
A harsh reminder of India’s burden and stake in Afghanistan
With the Indian embassy being targeted for the second time despite India playing no role in the war in Afghanistan, it is clear that geopolitics rather than the aspiration of … Continue reading
U.S. committed to nuclear deal, India told
Manmohan Singh on the the nuclear issue, Pakistan, Iran, Afghanistan at his post-G20press conference in Pittsburgh … 27 September 2009The Hindu U.S. committed to nuclear deal, India told Siddharth Varadarajan … Continue reading
U.S. sees rising Indian influence in Afghanistan as problem
India is damned if it does (help Afghanistan) and damned if it doesn’t…. 22 September 2009The Hindu U.S. sees rising Indian influence in Afghanistan as problem Siddharth Varadarajan In the … Continue reading
Hear me in Berlin on AfPak and India @ April 21
On April 21, I will be speaking at a panel on ‘Security in South Asia: India’s role and its importance in solving the Afghanistan-Pakistan-crisis’, organised by the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Berlin. If … Continue reading
From de-hyphenation to dual-hyphenation
Whether valid or not, the Obama administration and the rest of the world see a link between Afghanistan and the India-Pakistan relationship. This is a problem New Delhi must address. … Continue reading
India is vulnerable in Afghanistan
The brutal murder of an Indian driver by the Taliban is a reminder that India has plenty of hands wielding shovels in Afghanistan but no boots on the ground there. … Continue reading
Photo Journal: With Manmohan Singh in Kabul
I was in Kabul for a day, as part of the ’embedded’ media accompanying Manmohan Singh on an official visit, the first by an Indian Prime Minister since 1976. Here … Continue reading
Kabul Notebook: When the two ‘crown princes’ met
This may have been the first visit to Afghanistan by an Indian Prime Minister for 29 years but the Indian electronic media seemed more interested in the presence in the … Continue reading
The road to Afghanistan runs through Pakistan
Kabul: If Pakistan grants India transit rights, cooperation with Afghanistan would increase manifold, says Manmohan Singh 30 August 2005The Hindu `Ties with Afghanistan will improve if Pakistan grants transit rights’ … Continue reading
Indian-built parliament to be ‘chinar tree of democracy’ in Afghanistan
Kabul: In a brief but moving ceremony which underscored India’s intimate involvement in the rebuilding of Afghanistan, the former King, Zahir Shah, on Monday laid the foundation stone for a … Continue reading
India, Afghanistan moot gas pipeline project
Kabul: India and Afghanistan have, for the first time ever, formally agreed to look at the proposal to run a gas pipeline from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India. Asked … Continue reading
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