Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries. With healthcare structure in shambles, peace talks involving the Taliban and the United States are unlikely in the near future

Pakistan is certain to extract its pound of flesh for bringing Taliban to the talks table with US. Anti-India terrorist activities could also get a boost

Donald Trump has once again offered to mediate the Kashmir issue. The challenge before India is to deal with Trump’s renewed offer to negotiate while trying to avoid diplomatic unpleasantness.

There is widespread fear that the US is conceding too much space to Taliban as Donald Trump wants to fulfill his electoral promise to end the Afghan war