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Pakistan FM ducks Osama bin Laden question but complains about Indian presence in Afghanistan

Nayanima Basu -
In an interview to Tolo News, Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi says New Delhi’s presence in Kabul is 'larger than it ought to be' since these two countries don't share a border.

Pakistan’s audacious defence budget needs to stay on paper. It’s good for everyone

Tara Kartha -
IMF is balking at Pakistan’s unrealistic budget, but Islamabad feels it can push the lending agency to give it what it wants. US can call the bluff.

It’s for Afghanistan people to judge each of their partners based on past actions: India

PTI -
MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi was responding to whether India is concerned over the prospect of Pakistan's greater involvement in Afghanistan.

India’s Taliban outreach will mean different carrots for different levels of commanders

Tara Kartha -
In S. Jaishankar, India has a foreign minister who thinks on his feet. But the Afghanistan chessboard now has more players than pieces.

Among those killed in latest Kabul terror attack, 2 women animators working on children’s film

Ananya Bhardwaj -
Two explosions in a Shia neighbourhood in Kabul Saturday killed 7 people. IS claimed it used sticky bombs to carry out attack.

New polio strategy sets 2026 target to eradicate disease, to focus on vaccine-derived outbreaks

Simrin Sirur -
Revised Global Polio Eradication Initiative will also design strategies that address Pakistan and Afghanistan where polio is still prevalent.

10 killed, 16 injured in attack on workers of British landmine clearance charity in Afghanistan

Unnati Sharma -
The workers were employed by the British-American charity The HALO Trust, which has been clearing landmines in Afghanistan since 1988.

CIA has a new Afghan problem: How to spy, conduct ops in Afghanistan after US exit this year

Nayanima Basu -
An NYT report, titled ‘C.I.A. Scrambles for New Approach in Afghanistan’, talks about US spy agency’s search for ways to carry out intel & counter-terror ops in Afghanistan after military pullout.

Covid-19 pandemic: Australia’s ‘baby boom’ and US pledges 7.5 lakh vaccine doses to Taiwan

Taran Deol -
As the Covid-19 pandemic shows no signs of letting up, ThePrint highlights the most important stories on the crisis from across the globe.

India eyes role in Afghan talks amid ‘brothel house’ speech row between Pakistan & Afghanistan

Nayanima Basu -
There's fresh tension between Afghanistan & Pakistan after Afghan NSA accuses Islamabad of supporting Taliban’s violence & calls it a 'brothel house'.
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Faisal Mahmud -
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Economy

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

Mrinalini Dhyani -
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.

Defence

Can’t stay behind tech curve anymore, must catch up—Vice Chief of Navy Staff ahead of Swavlamban 2025

Tejas Bhatotia -
New Delhi: Noting that India cannot afford to stay behind the technology curve when it comes to war-fighting, Vice Chief of the Naval Staff...

National Interest

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Shekhar Gupta -
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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