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Tuesday, November 18, 2025
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Topic: Afghanistan

Pakistan races against time to negotiate release of nuclear agency employees abducted by Taliban

Year 2024 was Pakistan’s deadliest in a decade, with at least 685 civilian fatalities & roughly 444 terror attacks, according to an annual security report by a Pakistan-based think tank.

Cricket-South Africa sports minister joins calls for Afghanistan cricket boycott

By Mark Gleeson CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - South Africa Sports Minister Gayton McKenzie said he supported calls for a boycott of Afghanistan in the Champions Trophy in Pakistan, adding his voice to those

‘Old practice to blame neighbours:’ India condemns Pakistan airstrikes on Afghanistan

Pakistan carried out airstrikes in certain areas in Afghanistan in what it said was aimed at targeting terrorist hideouts.

Taliban-Pakistan war threatens India’s security—New Delhi must reimagine defence capabilities

India faces a precarious task of securing itself from a fractured Pakistan, an increasingly radicalised Bangladesh, and the refugee crisis on its porous borders.

Afghan Taliban says its forces have targeted ‘several points’ in Pakistan in retaliatory strikes

This comes after Pakistan's bombardment 'targeting hideouts of Islamist militants' earlier this week, which Taliban claimed killed civilians.

Security Council voices support for Mission in Afghanistan, Afghan people

The Council reaffirmed its strong commitment to Afghanistan's sovereignty, independence, territorial integrity, and national unity.

Azerbaijan Airlines flight crashes in Kazakhstan’s Aktau city, 38 dead

The aircraft that crashed had diverted from an area of Russia that Moscow recently defended against Ukrainian drone attacks. 29 survivors receive hospital treatment.

Pakistan airstrikes in Afghanistan’s Paktika province kills at least 15, Taliban hideouts targetted

Women and children among dead in overnight attack on 24 June; Taliban vows revenge.

India distances self from China’s claim of ‘6-point consensus’ reached at Doval-Wang Yi meet

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

Khalil Haqqani assassination shows a power struggle in Afghanistan. It’ll have global fallout

Khalil-ur-Rehman Haqqani—brother to Jalaluddin, uncle to his heir Sirajuddin, and a key figure in the network responsible for over 1,000 suicide bombings in Afghanistan—was killed in a suicide attack claimed by the Islamic State.

On Camera

We celebrate Harappa excavation—and dismiss Keeladi, Sinauli archaeological digs as politics

In the storm around Sinauli, many academics dismissed claims of chariots being found. And the public misinterpreted the chariots as a device planted by the govt to fortify Hindutva.

Naidu matches Jagan’s Rs 13L crore investment playbook, with a ‘speed of doing business’ caveat

Naidu’s summit brings in MoUs on same scale as Jagan’s, but CM says his plans built on speed, certainty & investor trust, with escrow accounts, simplified incentives & real-time oversight.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

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.