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Topic: Afghanistan

Gaddafi’s prisoner to Venezuela ‘covert’ ops, US national in NIA custody an ‘adventurer’ without pause

Matthew VanDyke is among seven foreigners held on charges of crossing over to Myanmar to train Myanmar-based Ethnic Armed Groups.

India calls Pakistan’s strike on Kabul hospital ‘barbaric, unconscionable’, urges international action

Pakistan is 'trying to dress up a massacre as a military operation', says MEA, reiterates 'unwavering support for sovereignty & territorial integrity' of Afghanistan.

Taliban calls Kabul hospital strike ‘crime against humanity’, Pakistan says it only hit ‘military infra’

Taliban regime says 400 people have been killed & over 250 injured, while Pakistan has claimed Taliban is trying to shield itself from its 'heinous actions' in sponsoring terrorism.

Afghanistan’s uncontrolled airspace sees surge in commercial flights amid West Asia conflict

With the central air traffic corridor in West Asia now closed, Europe-Asia flights are being rerouted North via the Caucasus in the Class-G uncontrolled Kabul Flight Information Region.

Win for India, joy in Kabul too. T20 World Cup victory gets cheers from Rashid Khan & Afghans

In several videos that went viral on social media, people in Afghanistan capital were seen coming out onto the streets to celebrate India’s World Cup win.

Ex Afghanistan spy chief’s ‘five-pillar’ analysis of Pakistan’s changed tactics to deal with Taliban

Taliban have missed the opportunity to advance a genuinely Afghan-led solution due to its arrogance & shortsightedness, Amrullah Saleh asserts.

Pakistan is fighting a two-front war. I saw it coming 15 yrs ago

The Pakistani political leadership is weak and devoid of any intellect. Its diplomacy is entirely India-China-US focused and suffers from a presumptive view of Afghanistan as a vassal.

‘Our cup of patience has overflowed’: Pakistan declares ‘open war’ on Taliban-led Afghanistan

Escalation follows series of tit-for-tat strikes. Pakistan bombed Kabul, Paktia & Kandahar after Afghan forces attacked Pakistani border troops along the disputed Durand Line.

Dozens of Afghan civilians killed in border areas in Pakistani air strikes: Afghan authorities

Dozens killed in Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan’s Nangarhar & Paktika, Kabul officials said, while Islamabad maintained operation targeted 7 terror camps linked to suicide attacks in Pakistan.

On Camera

A stronger Iran has emerged from the rubble. US learned the lesson 40 days late

The US and Israel’s assassinations of Iranian leadership ended up bestowing martyrdom on those killed. Shias saw the deaths as a continuity of martyrdom from the Battle of Karbala.

Data centre gold rush risks blackouts, central electricity body warns states against tripping grids

India’s fast-growing data centre sector may strain state electricity networks; Central Electricity Authority has urged Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu to boost capacity.

Theaterisation proposal to be shared with defence ministry in a week or so—CDS Gen Anil Chauhan

Theaterisation, which aims to divide the forces into three theatres with specific areas of responsibility, will become the single most far-reaching reform that the Indian military has witnessed since independence.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.