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Topic: Afghanistan

Afghan women and minorities must fight the Taliban or give in. They have no place to hide

From public stoning to beheadings, a terrible fate awaits the women and minorities who have progressed socially and economically in Afghanistan.

Why Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is bad news for global battle against Covid, polio

Afghanistan is one of just two countries in the world where polio remains endemic. Also, only 0.6% of adults are fully vaccinated against Covid, as compared to global average of 23.6%.

Biden doesn’t believe US should be ‘fighting & dying’ in war, NSA Sullivan says

As Sullivan defended US President's decision, he said that it won't be right to ask American soldiers to risk their lives to maintain presence near Tajikistan, Pakistan or Iran.

I am the spiritual leader of Taliban. My boys will rule Afghanistan again after 20 years

I, General Twitter, keep reading Western propaganda that Taliban don’t care about women rights, human rights or any rights. That is right, I have trained my warriors for better stuff.

In Afghanistan, Pakistan is the naked aggressor. There is case for UNSC sanctions

Pakistan is acting against international law. Sanction the country every time the Taliban refuse to listen to the UNSC.

Afghanistan is a hard country and India has focussed more on soft power

The West might have abandoned Afghanistan but cannot afford the optics of widespread destruction, a televised man-made calamity for which it is responsible.

Taliban is hoping to fool America twice, it’s only pretending they’re no longer barbaric

Biden would be wise to reject proposals that try to leverage US assistance to reform the Taliban. It was bad enough that he abandoned Afghanistan despite warnings of his military leaders.

Chinese people debating Taliban on Weibo but Beijing still hesitating on Afghanistan

On Chinese social media, people are trying to make sense of what comes next for Afghanistan – and China.

Escape from Kabul: How I negotiated with Taliban to make it to the safety of Indian embassy

ThePrint's Nayanima Basu recounts her harrowing last day in Kabul when she had to dodge gunfire, chaos and tackle the Taliban to reach the Indian embassy before being evacuated to Delhi.

Taliban says it will honour women’s rights but within norms of Islamic law

At a press conference, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said Afghanistan won't harbor anyone targeting other nations and asserted it wanted private media to remain independent.

On Camera

Trump’s 28 points for Ukraine add up to a no-go at peace

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?

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.

Tejas fighter aircraft crashes at Dubai Air Show, IAF confirms pilot’s death

This is the second such incident after a Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas had crashed into a hostel on the outskirts of Jaisalmer in March last year.

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.