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TopicAfghan peace talks

Topic: Afghan peace talks

Afghanistan’s Abdullah Abdullah to visit India Tuesday, could urge Delhi to talk to Taliban

Abdullah Abdullah, who is considered to be a 'friend of India', is expected to meet External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval during his visit.

UK’s Covid-19 troubles & a peace deal that may have little in it for women

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US’ Afghan peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad to meet Jaishankar and Doval in Delhi today

Zalmay Khalilzad had last visited India in May to update New Delhi on Taliban peace talks. His Tuesday visit comes amid intra-Afghan talks going on in Doha.

As Taliban-Afghan govt talk peace, lessons from an Afghan hero killed 19 years ago

Ahmad Shah Massoud, the lion of Panjshir and arguably Afghanistan’s most well-known mujahideen fighter, had attempted to prevent civil war in 1995 but was killed by the Al Qaeda 6 years later. 

India asserts Afghanistan’s ‘national sovereignty’ as peace talks with Taliban start in Qatar

The long-awaited intra-Afghan dialogue between Kabul & Taliban is aimed at establishing a power-sharing deal that will help end decades of war in the country.

India took the high moral ground by not talking to Taliban and lost influence in Afghanistan

As US-Taliban signed a pact in Doha, India mixed up fact with fiction by claiming Afghanistan to be a "contiguous" neighbour.

Afghan peace will depend on whether Taliban will commit to ending its ties with al Qaeda

If provisions of the agreement that require the Taliban to break with terrorism are not public, their worth will be questionable.

4 key terrorists wanted by Pakistan killed since mysterious escape of Taliban leader

The four wanted terrorists have been killed within a month of ex-TTP spokesperson Ehsanullah Ehsan's escape from Pakistan Army custody.

Prisoner-hostage swap may help resume US-Taliban talks

The exchange of three Taliban members and two western hostages may not ensure direct talks, but it can help build mutual trust in order to restart discussions.

Absence from Afghan peace talks has hurt India. It’s time now to engage with Taliban

Just like the Ashraf Ghani regime, India has largely remained on the sidelines of theUS-Taliban peace negotiations. New Delhi can’t afford to anymore.

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New labour codes make India’s workforce competitive with China—and build Viksit Bharat

By consolidating 29 laws into four codes, compliance is streamlined and regulations are simplified, improving “ease of doing business”. This is bound to improve investor confidence.

Vehicles, TVs, mobile phones—PM EAC report shows rural India is catching up with urban consumers

Rural ownership of motor vehicles jumped from 19 percent in 2011-2012 to 59 percent in 2023-2024, while urban rose from 40 percent to 68 percent during the same time period, study by two members of PM-EAC says.

General secrets from frozen peaks: A Kargil veteran reveals what politically correct writers left out

At the Jindal Literature Festival, Maj Gen (Retd) Lakhwinder Singh reveals secrets from 25 years ago, speaking about the decision that outwitted Musharraf and changed the course of the war. 

A tribute to Tejas. India’s delay culture is the real enemy in the skies

It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.