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Topic: Afghanistan

Putin is knocking. Is there more to revive India-Russia ties than Afghanistan?

NSA Patrushev was in Delhi and Putin has called Modi. It will be in India’s interest to overhaul its relations with Russia — for Central Asia.

Taliban ‘conundrum’ is forcing geopolitical rivals to align interests in Afghanistan

US, Europe, China, Russia & Iran face a common dilemma: How to shore up a nation at risk of famine, without strengthening a Taliban govt whose intentions remain unclear.

India will stand by Afghans as it is passing through ‘critical’ phase, says Jaishankar

Speaking at a high-level UN meeting on Afghanistan, External Affairs Minister Jaishankar also said that the international community must come forward to help the country.

China asks US, world to provide aid to Afghanistan to avert crisis post-Taliban takeover

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian also said Taliban should stay true to its commitment and take effective measures to crack down on terrorist forces on Afghan soil.

No direct Delhi-Kabul flights anytime soon, India to carry out evacuations via Doha

Kabul airport operations resume but with few international flights. With no Air India ground staff in the Afghanistan capital, evacuees to come to Delhi via Qatar. 

Why Russia, US officials are rushing to Delhi, after keeping India away from Afghan talks

As China takes driver’s seat in Afghanistan, US and Russian officials are reaching out to India.

Iran’s foreign minister to visit India as new Taliban govt begins to settle in Afghanistan

Iran is urging India to play larger role in Afghanistan and establish working relationship with Taliban. It also wants India to work out solution with US & resume oil imports.

20 years of ‘war on terror’ & rich nations ‘bathing in surplus vaccine doses’

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

How the Taliban will finance their new Afghan government

In the 2019-2020 fiscal year alone, the Taliban raked in $1.6 billion from a wide variety of sources.

India, Australia call for ‘broad-based & inclusive’ govt in Afghanistan at 2+2 meet

In a joint statement issued after the ministerial dialogue, the two nations called for the Taliban to guarantee safe passage for foreign nationals & Afghans wanting to leave.

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.