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Raja Mohan began his academic career at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi.. Mohan has had a number of stints in journalism as well. He was Strategic Affairs Editor of the Indian Express, New Delhi, and before that, served as Diplomatic Editor and the Washington Correspondent of The Hindu newspaper.
During the United States-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, India offered intelligence and other forms of support to the coalition forces.After the overthrow of the Taliban, India established diplomatic relations with the newly elected democratic government, provided aid and participated in Afghanistan's reconstruction efforts through the construction of roads, railways, electricity ...
C. Raja Mohan used the phrase "forward policy" in 2003 with respect to India in Afghanistan. [21] The term has also been used in relation to the 2020 China–India skirmishes . [ citation needed ]
From May 1996, Osama bin Laden had been living in Afghanistan along with other members of al-Qaeda, operating terrorist training camps in a loose alliance with the Taliban. [1] Following the 1998 US embassy bombings in Africa, the US military launched cruise missiles at these camps with limited effect on their overall operations.
This is a list of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) installations in Afghanistan used during the War in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2021. This list encompasses installations used by the International Security Assistance Force from 2001 to 2014 and then by the Resolute Support Mission after 2014.
Afghanistan is a rural country; in 2020, some 80% of its 33 million people lived in the countryside. [122]: 12 This predisposes warfare to rural areas, and provides ample hiding spots for guerrilla fighters. The country also has harsh winters, which favors spring or summertime military offensives after winter lulls in fighting.
Radio Begum launched on International Women’s Day in March 2021, just five months before the Taliban took control of Afghanistan during the chaotic withdrawal of U.S. and NATO troops from the ...
On 13 April 2017, the United States conducted an airstrike in Achin District, [3] located in the Nangarhar Province of eastern Afghanistan, near the border with Pakistan. [4] The airstrike was carried out using the largest non- nuclear bomb in the United States' arsenal, the GBU-43/B Massive Ordnance Air Blast (MOAB), with the goal of ...