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American forces have left Afghanistan. Now what? President Biden has yet to settle on the outlines of an approach. What should the U.S. seek to achieve? Who are its partners? As he mulls these questions, the president should take note of a July 16 conference, hosted by the government ...

KABUL—The Biden administration plans to deliver three million doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine next week to Afghanistan, which is battling its deadliest wave of the pandemic amid a rapidly deteriorating security situation.The White House is offering the single-dose vaccines ahead of President Biden’s Friday meeting with ...

The White House fact sheet on Monday did not provide exact figures for how many doses would be sent to each country. (Representational image:)The US has announced its plan to allocate 5.5 crore doses of the COVID-19 vaccines to the rest of the world as the second tranche, including ...

US23:36 GMT 09.06.2021Get short URLDozens of US lawmakers recently took up an effort to urge the Biden administration to initiate the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, where approximately 40 individuals are being held at the military prison. Many of the detainees have been imprisoned for nearly two ...

By now you’ve heard that the Biden administration’s attempt to waive drug company patents will make virtually no difference to poor countries fighting the Covid pandemic. Oddly, you’ve heard it from both supporters and opponents of his action.It won’t improve vaccine makers’ incentive to maximize production; they have every ...

President Biden has personally hosted a virtual summit of the heads of government of the other Quad countries - India, Australia and Japan. (File image)By Dr Bappaditya MukherjeeConsiderable significance is attached to the anniversary marking the first hundred days of any US administration. At this juncture, the Biden administration ...

Successive Afghan governments have shown an affinity for India in sharp contrast to their orientation towards Pakistan.By Maj Gen Neeraj Bali (Retd)When Joe Biden became the President, he inherited a looming US withdrawal from Afghanistan to signal the end of the 20-year war that consumed 2400 American lives without ...

WASHINGTON—Biden administration officials will meet with allies this week on teetering plans to end the war in Afghanistan, turning to another top foreign policy challenge after a week that saw confrontations with Washington’s chief geopolitical rivals.Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel this week to Brussels for meetings with ...

Afghanistan launched a ‘New Development Partnerships to identify priorities and projects where Afghanistan needed India’s assistance.By Amb Anil TrigunayatAfter 9/11, US rushed into Afghanistan where Kings feared to tread. It was for nothing that it is infamously known as the “Grave Yard of the Kings and Empires”. Russians met ...

The object has to be for the international community to put the onus on Pakistan to give up its reliance on terror as part of its security doctrine. The major powers should not seek Indian understanding and restraint as was the case before the Balakot strike. Unfortunately, neither the ...