China and Russia push India out of air base in backyard: reports

China and Russia push India out of air base in backyard: reports

India used the air base at Ayni in Tajikistan during a 2001 evacuation operation after the Taliban seized power in Afghanistan.

The Price of Hubris: India lost friends, Air bases, and credibility

DND Special Report The slain U.S. President John F. Kennedy once said, “Victory has a hundred fathers, and defeat is an orphan.” His phrase is rooted in the Stoic era. The famous historian Tacitus once remarked, “This is an unfair thing about war: victory is claimed by all, failure to one alone.” Publius Cornelius Tacitus (circa AD 56 – circa AD 120) was a Roman historian and politician. Tacitus is widely regarded by modern scholars as one of th…