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Saturday, August 16, 2025
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Topic: Afghanistan

Plugged-In: 7 Indians abducted in Afghan, 5 militants killed in Kashmir & storm warnings

Abductions, Assassinations, and Encounters: Sunday took India by storm.

Taliban suspected to have abducted 6 Indians in Afghanistan

The incident took place in Baghlan province on Sunday.

Attack on 11 Afghanistan journalists a bid to silence voice of justice: Afghan envoy

Afghan Ambassador S.M. Abdali says attacks are a setback for the freedom of expression in Afghanistan.

Global Pulse: America’s secret war in Yemen and the first Lebanese election since 2009

America has involved itself in yet another war it doesn't belong in. The Holocaust exhibition in America reveals shocking details of its complacency. Meanwhile, the Lebanese elections are seeing the emergence of many progressive issues. 

Global Pulse: Pressure mounts on Afghan President Ashraf Ghani from all sides

President Ashraf Ghani's administration seems incapable of stopping terror attacks, which is only increasing criticism against his government.

Releasing Taliban prisoners or changing the Constitution won’t buy peace for Afghanistan

Converting a ruthless foe like the Taliban which understands only the language of the gun requires nothing less than divine intervention.

How Directorate S, ISI’s most diabolical branch, outsmarted US in Kabul, continued subverting India

Steve Coll’s 'Directorate S' is about how ISI was allowed to succeed in blocking the United States’ efforts to impose a stable, democratic order in Afghanistan.

Avinash Paliwal’s ‘My Enemy’s Enemy’: A treatise on how not to deal with a neighbour

Irrespective of which group dominated Indian policy, India rarely appears to have got its way in Afghanistan.

Avani Chaturvedi becomes India’s first woman fighter pilot in 2018. Why are we clapping?

A decade before Avani Chaturvedi became India's first solo woman fighter pilot, Pakistan had already done it, as had UAE, Somalia and Turkey.

Global Pulse: Germany’s hate speech law isn’t fixing the problem of online hate

In other news, China’s latest family-planning policies are a major violation of women’s rights.

On Camera

Nobel committee, note how Trump allowed Munir to make nuclear threat against India from US soil

So far, India has responded to his threats with a measured, diplomatic, strategic, and multi-dimensional approach. Now, it needs to react firmly.

Modi’s ‘Diwali bonanza’ for the common man—next-gen GST reforms, lower tax on daily-use items soon

Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?