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Recently, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that Israel was a cherished strategic partner of New Delhi's.
"We share and value the same principles of democracy,” Modi said in his post.

Despite pulling off a safer polling day than expected, Afghanistan now braces for a prolonged period of political uncertainty and potential violence in the wake of the presidential elections that took place last month, after delays since last year.

Much has been speculated lately about the potential threat of a nuclear misadventure between Pakistan and India. Modi’s government in India has put massive weight on its policies to pressure Pakistan and gain the trust of the international community on Delhi’s policies in the region.

Already strained relations between the US and Iran have worsened further since US President Donald Trump, withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal, making the latter a hardliner state reducing its commitment to international standards of uranium enrichment. 

The terror attack which took place on September 11, 2001 was significant for the way it changed the US foreign policy and the course of international affairs for generations to come.

Despite the repeated assurances by the Taliban Chief negotiator Sher Muhammad Abbas Stakenzai that there will be no civil war in Afghanistan after a peace agreement with the US is signed, the reality on the ground paints a different picture.