Around July 23, reports emerged that US officials and Taliban representatives held talks in Doha, Qatar. Intriguingly, Afghan government representatives were absent, though both Washington and Kabul have stated that this meeting was held in close consultation with the Afghan government. Nonetheless, this meeting gave rise to debates in different quarters (in Afghanistan and abroad) […]
Author Archives: Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy
Rajeshwari Krishnamurthy is a New Delhi-based foreign and security policy analyst. She is the deputy director at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies (IPCS), New Delhi, where she also coordinates the Centre for Internal and Regional Security (IReS)