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Saturday, November 15, 2025
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Topic: Afghanistan

India upgrades Kabul mission to embassy, welcomes Taliban plan to open mining sector to Indian firms

The move, falling short of formal recognition of Taliban govt, comes after meeting between Jaishankar & Afghan counterpart Muttaqi, where India also proposed 6 developmental projects.

India, Russia & China end up on same page, oppose Trump’s demand for return of Afghanistan’s Bagram base

At Moscow Format Consultations on Afghanistan, attended by Taliban foreign minister Muttaqi, participants came out strongly against Trump for demanding the return of the air base.

Our take on India-China direct flights, Karur stampede, Mohsin Naqvi & more—in 50 words

ThePrint view on the most important issues this week.

Taliban foreign minister Muttaqi to visit India next week after UN grants him travel ban waiver

Pakistan, as chair of the UNSC Committee overseeing the sanctions, had blocked India’s earlier request for a travel ban waiver for Muttaqi to visit the country in September.

Internet, cell services restored in Afghanistan after 48-hour ‘Taliban-ordered’ outage

The Taliban gave no official reason for the services going down or the restoration, but a source in the information department cited technical reasons.

Taliban cuts cellphone, internet services in Afghanistan, say UN sources

The Taliban administration offered no immediate explanation for the outage. The UN called on authorities to fully restore connections.

Taliban enforces internet blackout in Afghanistan, citing crackdown on immorality

Earlier this month, several provinces lost fibre-optic connections after Taliban leader Hibatullah Akhundzada issued a decree banning the service to prevent immorality.

Afghan boy’s day out: He flew Kabul to Delhi hiding in a plane, but his destination was someplace else

Stowed away in rear wheel well of aircraft from Kabul, he sat for over 90 minutes, as KAM Air's flight RQ4401 flew at a height of 30,000 to 40,000 feet, in sub-zero temperatures.

13-year-old Afghan boy lands in Delhi by hiding in airplane’s landing gear, sent back

The incident was reported around 11 am Sunday when a KAM Airlines flight reached Indira Gandhi International Airport after a 2-hour journey. The teen was repatriated the same day.

On Camera

Why Tejashwi Yadav failed—Bihar changed, RJD didn’t

RJD, once a prominent representative of Mandal politics, now finds itself in a political era where welfare, good governance, and new aspirations are overshadowing old caste equations.

As govt starts rolling back Quality Control Orders, a look at adverse impact they had, mainly on MSMEs

Between 2016 and 2025, around 700 QCOs were issued by the government. Now, it has withdrawn 69 of them.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.