Reflection on events in Afghanistan-31

2 November 2021 — Indian Punchline

by M. K. BHADRAKUMAR

The 3rd Moscow Format meeting on Afghan settlement attended by Taliban and ten regional states, Moscow, Oct 20, 2021

31. India plays Russian card

The chances were slim that the Pakistani National Security Advisor Moeed Yusuf would accept the invitation from his counterpart Ajit Doval to a regional meet of security tsars in New Delhi to discus the situation in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.

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JOHN PILGER: Justice for Assange Is Justice for All

1 November, 2021 — Consortium News

In the land of Magna Carta this disgraceful case ought to have been hurled out of court long ago

Assange supporters march on Parliament, February 2020. (Joe Lauria)

By John Pilger
Special to Consortium News

When I first saw Julian Assange in Belmarsh prison, in 2019, shortly after he had been dragged from his refuge in the Ecuadorian embassy, he said, “I think I am losing my mind.”

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