India Gets Cozy With the Taliban

India Gets Cozy With the Taliban

The early summer heat wave of 2021 was unrelentingly harsh in Afghanistan, an ominous prelude to the political turmoil that was about to engulf the nation. As foreign troops hastened their withdrawal, the Taliban, emboldened by a favorable deal with the U.S. a year earlier, pushed deep into new territories, leaving a trail of violence in their wake. From those shifting front lines in the southern province of Kandahar, Danish Siddiqui, an Indian …

EU institution compared to ‘Taliban’ at golden passport conference

An institution with close ties to the EU was twice likened to the Taliban at a conference organised in London by Henley & Partners, a consultancy that helps HNWs acquire ‘golden passports’ and residency permits around the world. The comparison was made by two conference speakers in the wake of a European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruling in April, which found that Malta’s citizenship by investment programme was unlawful and must therefore be discont…