cover image: Volume III, Issue 4 | - April 2022

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Volume III, Issue 4 | - April 2022

7 Jun 2022

DPG is deeply committed to the growth of India’s national power and purpose, the security and prosperity of the people of India and India’s contributions to the global public good. [...] For now, the poppy farmers are reaping a windfall as the ban has resulted in a threefold increase in prices.7 Farmers currently working the fields in the provinces of Kandahar and Helmand say that despite the ban, Taliban officials have allowed them to continue cultivation for this season.8 The seriousness of the Taliban ban will be tested in the future. [...] Government spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid told journalists: "The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan condemns in the strongest possible terms the bombardment and attack that has taken place from the Pakistan side on the soil of Afghanistan."22 The Pakistan government has not commented on the airstrikes but on April 17, the Foreign Office issued a strongly worded statement asking the "sovereign government. [...] The judges restored the dissolved National Assembly and ordered the convening of a session on April 9 to conduct the vote of no-confidence.33 In a televised address following the Supreme Court ruling, Imran Khan repeated his pet themes of foreign interference in the plot to remove him from power, and widespread corruption among the lawmakers. [...] Looking Back The sudden Chinese military buildup in Eastern Ladakh and attempts to breach the LAC in May 2020 led to the bloodiest clash between the Indian Army and the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) since the conflict at Nathu La in 1967.

Authors

Raj Kumar Shahi

Pages
26
Published in
India