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170663
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eft-wing Extremism (LWE) continues to remain one of the major
challenges to India’s internal security. Its intensity continues to
persist especially in three states – Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and
Orissa – apart from a significant presence in West Bengal, Bihar, and
Maharashtra. At the same time, the left-wing extremists have
successfully managed to penetrate in some of the states of the
northeast and south India, and into a few urban areas. Interestingly,
there is a reduction in the number of middle and top-level Maoist
leaders due to killings, arrests or surrenders. Yet, one still cannot
assert with confidence that Left-wing Extremism is on the wane.
Significantly, the spread of Naxals beyond the ‘Red Corridor’ and their
external links are a cause for concern
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170664
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The economic condition of war-torn Afghanistan is deteriorating
and the country, besides terrorism, is also facing drought. The
basic objective of the US is of “preventing any further attacks
on the United States by terrorists enjoying safe haven or support in
Afghanistan.” President Trump wants to withdraw US troops from
Afghanistan because of domestic compulsions. He appointed
Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad as a special representative for this
purpose. When negotiations were in the final stages, President Trump
had to withdraw his plan because the Taliban carried out a terrorist
strike in which an American soldier was killed. However, in the last
week of November 2019, Trump visited Afghanistan and announced
that negotiations with the Taliban to restore peace will resume shortly.
Pakistan wants to install a puppet regime in Afghanistan; hence the
ISI is assisting several terrorist outfits in the country. The ill equipped
Afghan National Defence and Security Forces (ANDSF) are in no
position to fight the diverse terrorist organisations active in the country.
Both Al Qaeda and the Islamic State want to establish a stronghold
in Afghanistan. The Islamic State has created the Islamic State of
Khorasan Province (ISKP) and propagates that it wants to set up an
Islamic State where Sharia law would be imposed. The rule of Al
Qaeda or the Islamic State will be detrimental to world peace, hence
all regional as well as global powers should chalk out a detailed plan
so that both these terrorist organisations are defeated in Afghanistan.
The world powers should train and equip the Afghan security forces
so that they can fight the terrorist outfits and establish peace and
tranquility in the country.
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ID:
170666
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chronological synopsis relating to the epoch-making changes
in Hong Kong would be landmarked thus:
The People’s Republic of China (PRC) came into being in 1949. As
noticed often in the past, PRC as a matter of policy refuses to accord
recognition to accords/compacts signed by regimes preceding its
formation, even though such agreements may have been consented
to by areas now within PRC. PRC’s refusal to recognize the McMahon
Line as India’s border with the Tibet Autonomous Region of PRC, is
just one example, amongst many others.
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ID:
170662
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T
ibet with its mystery is the spiritual Garden of Eden and is
longed for by travellers home and abroad. Only by stepping on
the snowy plateau, can one be baptized by its splendour, culture,
folklore, life, Snow Mountains, Saint Mountains, sacred lakes,
residences with local characteristics and charming landscape.
Thus Chinanews.com, a Chinese website started promoting the Roof of
the World in 2015
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ID:
170661
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he revocation of Articles 370 and 35A of the Constitution has
far-reaching implications for Kashmir’s future and India’s external
relations. The claim that Kashmir affairs are internal matters is
valid - these areas were recognized as a part of the Indian Union in
the Constitution - but still, there are external repercussions to be
considered. The negative diplomatic reactions by China and Pakistan
reveal sensitivity to the changed geopolitical situation in the frontier
zones of India, China and Pakistan. The revoked Articles had created
special privileges for the Kashmiri leadership and their secessionist
constituents and yet most Kashmiris remained poor despite central
aid for 70 years. The assertion that Kashmir was a disputed territory
gave Pakistan a platform to intervene in Kashmir affairs. The new
administration in Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh faces challenges to
use their knowledge and administrative skills to normalize the ground
situation and create opportunities for the Kashmir youth to become
stakeholders in a new Kashmir, and for mainstream people in the new
Union Territories to receive the benefits of development. With these
challenges come opportunities to change the political, economic and
strategic alignments in this vital geopolitical northern area of India
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ID:
170665
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n this thought-provoking article, the complex reasons for the faceoff
between Iran and Saudi Arabia have been analyzed. The pan-Arab
dispute over the naming of the Persian Gulf water body known
historically and internationally as the Persian Gulf to the Arabian
Gulf highlights the hostility between Shia Iran and the predominantly
Sunni Salafi Saudi Arabia. The only other Salafi country in the Middle
East, though tiny, blessed with an abundance of hydrocarbons, is Qatar
and which mediates between the two archrivals. The rivalry between
the two giant oil-producing neighbouring nations is highly exacerbated
and volatile. Both support opposing terror groups in rival countries
and in the ongoing power struggle in the Middle East between ShiaSunni sectarian conflicts.
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ID:
170667
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The SCO has become one of the world’s leading political,
economic and security organisations. It considers international
terrorism, national separatism and religious extremism as the
main sources of threat to peace and stability in the region. India
would like to utilise the SCO platform to advance its security interests
and for boosting its outreach to the Central Asian region through
trade and connectivity. Despite a common understanding of the “three
evil forces”, there remains a wide variance, specifically on cross-border
terrorism, amongst SCO members on the one hand and India on the
other. In such a situation, the Government of India finds it very difficult
to explain to the other SCO member states regarding Pakistan’s
involvement in the separatist movement in Kashmir. Hence, only
sharing of information within the framework of the Regional AntiTerrorist Structure (RATS) is possible in the SCO, not a joint struggle
against terror
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