India Measures Its Options In Afghanistan

With the Taliban firmly ensconced in Afghanistan with Pakistan's backing, will India now look to revive and strengthen its ties with the Northern Alliance, the anti-Taliban force in Afghanistan? It was this force that had swept into Kabul 20 years ago with the support of the United States. Clearly the Taliban is on Yogi Adityanath's mind, a day after setting up UP ATS in Deoband, he has now taken on an SP MP and said there are Taliban sympathisers in the Opposition. The Calcutta High Court's strong orders say the CBI should be investigating post-poll violence in West Bengal, especially allegations of rape and murders of those who didn't support the Trinamool in the recent Assembly elections. Justice I P Mukherjee said that if a crime is suspected to have been committed, it is the duty of the state to investigate into it, apprehend the offender and prosecute him and an ordinary citizen has a right against the state to expect that the alleged offender is brought to justice.