A Norway-based intelligence group said there are also evidence of Taliban rounding up Afghans they believe worked in key roles with previous Afghan administration or with US-led forces.
While the Taliban have promised a more inclusive, progressive reign this time, Afghanistan watchers and residents are sceptical. The video appears to spell out these fears.
MP Tom Tugendhat gave an impassioned speech in House of Commons over NATO's 'abandonment' of Afghanistan, criticising Joe Biden's comments on Afghan military as 'shameful'.
Qureshi appealed to the Taliban and former rulers to formulate an all-inclusive political govt after mutual consultations and said nobody is ready to face bloodshed in Afghanistan.
China, which has long linked the Taliban with the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, is embracing the group's return to rule, a strategic U-turn that has left many feeling whiplashed.
India’s Afghan missions were evacuated in light of perceived threat from terrorist organisations that are believed to have reared their heads again with the resurgence of Taliban.
ThePrint's Nayanima Basu was in Afghanistan between 8 and 17 August, reporting from the ground and travelling to areas where Afghan govt forces attempted to thwart the Taliban offensive.
In a second conversation within a week, US Secretary of State Blinken spoke with EAM Jaishankar over the phone Thursday to discuss crisis in the conflict-torn country.
Two questions are pertinent: Why does the Trump administration keep making the same mistakes on the peace proposal? And what does a hurried peace plan mean on the ground?
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.
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.
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