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Russia’s military pact with Pakistan in long-term interest of India, assures Putin

December 10, 2014December 11, 2014 - by Manish Chand

Russia’s military pact with Pakistan has triggered a wave of anxiety among India’s diplomatic-strategic establishment about the future of the much-touted special and privileged partnership between the two strategic partners. But Moscow feels such concerns are a gross-misreading, with President Vladimir Putin assuring that the pact with Pakistan was mainly aimed at counter-terrorism and underlined that it will only serve the long-term interests of India and Russia.

New Afghan President sworn in, will sign pact with US

September 30, 2014September 30, 2014 - by India Writes Network

After tumultuous election campaign and deadlock over results in the polls, Afghanistan finally has a new President. Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai was sworn in as the President on September 29. This …

Modi cautions US on troops pull out from Afghanistan, cites mistakes made in Iraq

September 30, 2014September 30, 2014 - by India Writes Network

Beware of the mistakes made in Iraq was the essence of the message delivered by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the United States. Speaking at the forum of the …

A turbulent beginning to a new phase in Afghanistan

September 28, 2014 - by India Writes Network

The early euphoria, which had come to mark the first phase of the Afghan presidential elections, had long since evaporated by the time the final results were announced on September …

India seeks SCO support to jointly counter terror

September 13, 2014September 13, 2014 - by India Writes Network

Seeking a bigger role in the six-nation Shanghai Corporation Organisation (SCO), India has underlined its intent to step up counter-terror cooperation with the SCO and warned against the globalisation of …