Harsha Kakar The US and NATO withdrawal from Afghanistan appeared to send a message that the country would now be a playground for Russia, China, Iran and Pakistan, all nations with whom US relations have been frosty. These countries had provided all support to the Taliban to ensure its swift capture of the country in August. They had held endless rounds of discussions with the Taliban leadership based in Doha, which the Pakistani ISI sidelined as soon as it got … Continue reading Afghanistan’s neighbours in a quandary