Description automatically generatedIt was 40 years ago when the first case of HIV infection was diagnosed. Since then, 77.5 million people have been infected with the virus and 34 million people have died from AIDS-related causes. While a lot has been achieved in terms of providing lifesaving ant

Presently the US-policy in Afghanistan is full of contradiction which is evident from the fact that the USA is giving money, intelligence, air support etc to Afghan government (with huge number of about 3 hundred thousand fighters with Afghan government as per Prez Biden) to fight the Taliban but

After end of cold war between West led by the USA v/s USSR (which resulted war between them in Afghanistan in which Pakistan helped the West in developing militant Jihadis against USSR) these militant Jihadis from Afghanistan were sent to Kashmir by Pakistan which resulted in terrorist activities

General Ata Mohammad Noor, Leader of Jamiat-e Islami Afghanistan and the Former Governor of Balkh Province have been the most important strongman and commander in North Afghanistan. Currently, General Ata visited Qatari capital Doha to attend peace talks with Taliban but now he is busy in the mob

Description automatically generatedGreat strides have been made in HIV prevention, treatment and care, since the first case of the viral infection was reported 40 years ago. Thanks to the untiring efforts of the HIV community, activists, and medical fraternity, 74% (27.5 million) of the 37.7 mill

The Afghans who are wishing & praying for the victory of Afghan government forces over Taliban are living in fool’s paradise if they are thinking that recent airstrike by the USA on Taliban in support of Afghan forces ( as reported at https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-0

Description automatically generatedCovid-19 has posed innumerable health, economic, and social challenges for all, including people living with HIV. It has exposed the fragility of health systems around the globe and has diverted political attention and funding from other infectious diseases like

On July 21 as per Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark A. Milley,  the Taliban has acquired much territory during the last 10 months and 212 of the 419 district centers in Afghanistan are now under Taliban control but he said none of the 34 provincial capitals have been seize

The Afghan Government and Taliban have been doing peace talks in Doha (Qatar). The chances of success of these and other peace talks will increase tremendously if India issues a warning that it will help the GoA militarily in case Taliban do not arrive at a peaceful settlement and continue to use

Col (Ret) Ajai Shukla is right when he says in an interview on ‘The Wire’ (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv258JA7RFs ) that military personnel deployed at Eastern Ladakh are worried about Chinese activities over there which Government of India (GoI) is denying hence they (as ‘

Description automatically generated with medium confidenceabetting corporate grabbing of land and resources, which is pushing farmers out of agriculture. Corporations are exercising more and more control over food and agriculture and influencing public policies. The forthcoming United Nations Foo

The farmer’s leader Gurnam Sigh Chaduni (of Bhartiya Kisan Union) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RC5_stPUd1Y has given an statement that - “[ Farmers instead of following merely ‘mission Uttar Pradesh’( where they are trying to defeat BJP by asking voters to vote for any

In a crucial policy shift, India recently acknowledged that it entered into backchannel communications with the Taliban of Afghanistan. The Taliban’s Quetta-based leadership and Qatari officials have also confirmed these backchannel meetings, as reported at https://www.aljazeera.com/opinion

 In the last 18 months, first the Corona pandemic then the US elections 2020 and then Afghanistan have proved the USA as dysfunctional State (ii)- Earlier the Trump-administration and now Biden-administration are pro-China despite their public postures (iii)- Religion is custodian of society

Kurdistan is back in the news. Military clashes broke out at the beginning of June 2021 between the Kurdistan Development Party (KDP) — the region’s biggest political party — and the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

This has sparked debate as to whether t