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Topic: Afghanistan

Won’t allow any country to interfere in Afghanistan’s internal affairs: Taliban spokesman

The questions of interference in Afghanistan's internal affairs were raised after ISI Director General Lt Gen Hameed's meeting with Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Barada last week.

PM Modi to chair 13th BRICS summit on 9 September, meet to focus on Afghanistan

India has outlined multilateral system, counter-terrorism, use of digital tools for achieving SDGs and enhancing people-to-people exchanges as priority areas for its chairship.

India unlikely to reopen Kabul embassy in near future, only people-to-people links to continue

After invalidating all visas in August after Taliban takeover of Kabul, India could start distributing e-visas as soon as international flight operations resume in Afghanistan.

International flights from Afghanistan to resume shortly, Taliban say

Addressing a press conference, Taliban spokesman Mujahe said Qatar and Turkey are helping to resume operations at Kabul airport where the radar system was destroyed by US troops.

Taliban confirms meet between leader Mullah Baradar & Pakistan’s ISI chief Faiz Hameed

Hameed dashed to Kabul on an unannounced visit last week, becoming the only high-ranking foreign official to visit Kabul since the Taliban seized the Afghan capital in mid-August.

Taliban says they have taken control of Panjshir Valley, last holdout Afghan province

Witnesses said thousands of Taliban fighters overran 8 districts of Panjshir overnight. The valley was the only province the Taliban had not seized during their sweep last month.

The alphabet soup of terrorists that an ill-governed Afghanistan can launch against India

Anyone expecting fractious Taliban to act against terrorists is whistling in the wind.

Afghanistan’s fall is 9/11’s latest unlearned lesson

Kabul govt collapsed within months of Biden’s announcement of US withdrawal. Every Western insider knew that, even if the Taliban did not deserve to win, nor did our client regime.

UK keeps its connection with Afghanistan via Pakistan and the return of ABBA after 40 years

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

Viral Aaj Tak news graphic saying ‘Modi has a special plan for Taliban’ is fake

The graphic which says 'America has run away, now India will take care of Afghanistan, the real war will begin now' is being widely circulated on social media as Aaj Tak news bulletin.

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.