Thursday, October 29, 1998
No marauding horde this
Taliban's capturing Kabul in September 1996, putting the northern alliance government led by Barhanuddin Rabbani and General Dostum on the defensive and taking control of most of Afghanistan's territory has made the movement Afghanistan's most important political factor for the foreseeable future.
Returns from the French connection
India and France begin their post-Pokharan bilateral dialogue this week in New Delhi. The Prime Minister's Principal Secretary Brajesh Mishra and the French Special Emissary Gerard Errera will kickstart the first round of what is already being perceived as an emerging special relationship.
States of confusion
It is a truly befuddling situation for the voters in the four states going to Assembly polls in November. Not because they do not have a clear choice. In Delhi, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, the choice is clearly between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress. But, the choice ends there.
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