Afghanistan is an integral part of our increasingly troubled South Asian neighbourhood. However, the institutionalised system of gender apartheid under Taliban in Afghanistan remains lightweight in comparison to the realpolitik considerations of India’s national interest. 

With the rollout of the scheme, the gendered implications of further militarisation of society and the consequences of greater familiarity with the use and proliferation of small arms are conveniently being ignored.

Uncertainty hangs over whether the clock will turn back to the dark, misogynist past or if the assurance of a less cruel, more diverse politics prevail.

With the withdrawal of American forces from the war-torn country, India and Pakistan will have a greater role to play in Afghanistan to prevent any further chaos in the region.

Ad hocism, and not proper planning, has so far designated whether or not Indians are rescued from abroad.

Jean-Pierre Bemba had been in custody for ‘command responsibility’ for failing to stop crimes that included rape, murder and pillaging, he knew were being committed by his troops.