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Consulates open for three reasons. If large number of that country's citizens live in that city and its vicinity, if that city is a large source of visa seekers for migration / tourism and if it happens to be a major city in the host country. No place in J&K, Ladakh tick any of these boxes. No...

As far as it's the same issue, that is fine - it's the same issue looked at from a different perspective. The issue arises when completely unrelated topics are discussed. E.g. The Nazis often used the example of American treatment of African-Americans and Native Americans to justify their racial...

The more common British term is whataboutery. It's not a muzzling tactic because people who indulge it double down and defend it, even amplify their argument. It's just calling out a tactic.

Not really. When one can't argue about the issue, they bring completely unrelated issues into reference. E.g. What possibly could LTTE have to do with the Taliban? Or the IRA have to do with the Taliban? Or indeed with this thread.

Mere survival while losing your territory, self-respect and sucking up to a USA / China / Saudi for money and arms is not resilience. It's a necessity.

It will take Pakistan to implode.

Consulates are in major cities - Bombay, Madras, Bangalore, Calcutta, Hyderabad. India had stopped giving the UN Mission any credibility after Shimla Accord. They just sit and Netflix and chill on the Indian side.

Intel suggests Pak terror groups plotting attacks on Jammu temples; high alert sounded. https://www.indiatoday.in/india/jammu-and-kashmir/story/jammu-intel-input-pak-terror-groups-target-temples-alert-high-security-forces-1834505-2021-07-30

It is my suggestion to @Nilgiri that there be a separate sticky thread for all PoK related issues so that there aren't multiple threads.

India on Thursday rejected the recent elections in PoK which were won by Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, saying the "cosmetic exercise" was nothing but an attempt by Pakistan to "camouflage its illegal occupation" and that it has lodged a strong protest over the issue. Ministry of...

Taliban executed photojournalist Danish Siddiqui after verifying his identity: Report https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/photojournalist-danish-siddiqui-executed-brutally-murdered-by-taliban-afghanistan-spin-boldak-us-magazine-report-1834434-2021-07-29 Pulitzer Prize-winning Indian...

They will come around when their places of worship or modes of transport require vaccination proof / certificates.

Ostracize them. Disown them.

When I got Dose#1, the gap between 2 doses of Astra Zeneca was 28 days. That inept Modi increased it to 84 days. I have a slot in 2 days' time. Hopefully, that brings an end to this Covid nightmare.

Full link https://m.rediff.com/news/report/blinkens-meeting-with-dalai-lama-repres-irks-china/20210729.htm China on Thursday reacted angrily to United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken's meeting with a senior representative of the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama in New Delhi...

Whataboutism - a conversational tactic in which a person responds to an argument or attack by changing the subject to focus on someone else’s misconduct, implying that all criticism is invalid because no one is completely blameless

"only managed to knock out"? Are you condoning the destruction of the Bamiyan Buddhas by insinuating that the Taliban didn't do enough to destroy Buddhist heritage?

What language is that?

Bachabazi is exploitation of kids? I read it in "Kite Runner". Didn't know it was very prevalent.

Afghanistan would become a "pariah state" if the Taliban take control by force, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday, as a top-level delegation from the insurgent group visited China to assure officials of their international obligations. "An Afghanistan that does not respect the...