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Topic: Afghanistan

Taliban adds more male ministers to cabinet, says will include women, minorities over time

Stating that the current cabinet is temporary, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed said the group is working to add women in govt positions & experts in cabinet but didn't specify a time-frame.

Support for Taliban in Pakistan goes beyond military and maulvis now

In Pakistan, it's now ‘proper’ to glorify extremism in government circles, and is no more the prerogative of extremist groups.

BJP plays politics on Taliban, Afghanistan & Pakistan issues to garner votes: Mehbooba Mufti

PDP president Mufti Sunday claimed that BJP's 7-year rule has brought misery to the people of the country and has left Jammu and Kashmir destroyed.

Jaishankar discusses Afghanistan, India-Saudi ties in meeting with counterpart Al Saud

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister Faisal Bin Farhan Al Saud is on a three-day visit to India. It is the first ministerial visit from the gulf country to India since Covid outbreak.

‘That fella’ in the White House, and Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez’s Met Gala dress has a rival

The best international cartoons of the week, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Afghan women are telling Taliban ‘Don’t touch my clothes’. It’s a new culture war

Many ask if the Taliban have changed. What people forget to ask is how Internet has changed Afghan women.

Pakistan has a new divide-and-rule strategy for Taliban. It’s called ISIS-K

The Taliban leaders seem to be stuck between their hardliners and their moderates. Any decision will have to come at the cost of the other.

Have initiated dialogue with Taliban for inclusive Afghan govt, Imran Khan says

Pakistan PM Imran Khan said this inclusivity — of Tajiks, Hazaras & Uzbeks in the Afghan govt — will ensure peace and a stable Afghanistan.

Taliban opens schools for boys but girls still not allowed to return to classes

While UNICEF welcomed the reopening of schools, it stressed that girls should not be left out. Some media reports called the move a 'ban' on female education.

SubscriberWrites: Vaccination, Afghanistan, asset monetisation — Modi govt’s mixed performance on 3 parameters

The focus now is on managing public expectations not by foolish triumphalism but through actions like robust inoculation and lockdown phase outs, writes Shubhayan Bhattacharya.

On Camera

In Tejas Dubai crash, the harm goes beyond the loss of an aircraft and pilot

Airshows are thrilling spectacles of aviation skill and engineering marvels. But they carry inherent risks as the crew is pushing the aircraft, and themselves, to perform at the edges of the envelope.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

From a small Kangra village to Tejas cockpit: IAF fighter pilot Namansh Syal’s journey cut short

Wing Commander Namansh Syal is survived by his wife, their 6-year-old daughter and his mother. Back in his native village, relatives and neighbours wait for his remains for last rites.

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.