The Girl with the Green Eyes: She Didn’t Know She Was Famous
The Girl with the Green Eyes: She Didn’t Know She Was Famous Sharbat Gula’s extraordinary journey — from a war-scarred child to an unwitting global icon, to a refugee rebuilding life in Italy. In the summer of 1985, a photograph stopped the world in its tracks. A young Afghan refugee girl with sea-green eyes stared […]
Bagram and Beyond: Part 3 – Trump’s ‘China Nuke Containment’ Smoke Screen and the Rare Earth Reality
Bagram and Beyond: Part 3 – Trump’s ‘China Nuke Containment’ Smoke Screen and the Rare Earth Reality The Return of Bagram – A Ghost from America’s Past When Donald Trump thundered on a U.S. campaign stage that he wanted to “retake Bagram Airbase” in Afghanistan, many dismissed it as bluster. But behind that statement lies […]
Bagram and Beyond: Part 2 – India + Afghanistan’s New Game
Bagram and Beyond: Part 2 – India + Afghanistan’s New Game The Military Dimension and Strategic Scenarios From Diplomacy to Deterrence: A New Phase in India–Afghanistan Relations With the diplomatic thaw between New Delhi and Kabul now visible, the next logical question is whether India’s engagement will evolve beyond developmental diplomacy into calibrated defence cooperation. […]