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Wednesday, November 19, 2025
TopicAfghanistan

Topic: Afghanistan

Raja Mohan on Afghanistan’s key Pashtun question, Radha Kumar on Kashmir policy’s price

Today's political, economic & strategic punditry from P. Stobdan, Yamini Aiyar, Mahesh Vyas, Boria Majumdar and many others.

India scored an own goal in great Afghan game by closing two consulates. Here’s how

The Americans want to get out of Afghanistan sooner than later, in time for Trump's re-election bid. But who will fill the vacuum once they are gone?

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani & political rival Abdullah Abdullah sign power-sharing deal

Ghani's spokesman tweeted Sunday that a political deal had been signed according to which he would remain president of the war-torn nation.

India unlikely to talk to Taliban directly despite US push to change stance

New Delhi has made it clear to US peace talks official Zalmay Khalilzad that India wants Taliban to first recognise the democratic Afghanistan government.

Pakistan seeking custody of ISKP chief from Afghanistan shows it’s back to old games

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Islamabad’s claim over Kabul gurdwara bomber ‘reeks of Pakistani conspiracy to save him’

Indian security agencies see the move as an attempt by Pakistan to save its man.

Arrested for Kabul attack, Faroqi could prove IS-K links to Pakistan: Afghan vice president

Afghanistan's Vice President Amrullah Saleh said Aslam Faroqi might prove to be a "treasure of intelligence" given that he is a Pakistan national who operates from Peshawar.

Why ISKP, the group behind Kabul gurdwara attack, is threat to India and Indians abroad

Indian intelligence agencies say the ISKP, with help from Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence, has been recruiting Indians from Kerala and other states.

Why problems with US-Taliban peace deal have eclipsed the coronavirus pandemic in Afghanistan

The Afghan govt planned a ‘measured lockdown’ in the wake of Covid-19, but problems concerning the peace deal between the US and Taliban seemed to have dwarfed the pandemic.

‘Not your pawn’ — Kapil Mishra’s Kabul attack tweet doesn’t go down well with Sikhs

Kapil Mishra’s tweet was a not-so-veiled reference to Sikhs who volunteered to distribute langar at the Shaheen Bagh protest site.

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India has to move on now. Engage with ‘Nooton Bangladesh’

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has, in a sense, tasted her own medicine. The International Crimes Tribunal, the special court she instituted for...

The day Dharmendra ‘died’

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.

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.