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India has now aligned with the Taliban, Pakistan, China, and Russia in opposing the U.S. President Donald Trump’s bid to regain control of the Bagram air base in Afghanistan. The announcement comes days ahead of the scheduled visit of Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to New Delhi, a historic first for a senior Taliban diplomat.

Sir Creek is a strategically and economically vital tidal estuary that is the point of conflict between India and Pakistan and it is a border dispute between Gujarat and Sindh. The conflict over the maritime boundary delineation focuses on the right of control over the Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) and possible oil and gas deposits, and highly prized fishing areas.

The Indian government has raised concerns over the rapidly decreasing number of camels in the country and is preparing new plans to protect and revive their population. Camels were known as the ship of the desert as they have been an important part of India’s desert culture and livelihood in Rajasthan and Gujarat. But now their numbers have been falling sharply over the years.

The relationship between the United States and India is being strained and the matter in the middle of the storm is oil. Washington displeased with the fact that the New Delhi is still purchasing crude oil with Russia, and the Trump administration has reacted with hefty trade sanctions. However, as verbal abuse goes on between the two democracies, a single global power, China, has decided to remain silent.