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Wednesday, November 19, 2025
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Topic: Afghanistan

Dushyant Dave on why courts leave a `bitter taste’, telcos may implode, warns Rahul Khullar

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Satish Deshpande, Dushyant Dave, Rahul Khullar, Dilip Sinha & many others.

India has invested too much in Afghanistan to let Taliban hold sway again with US blessings

Just like US dumped Kurdish allies in Syria and allowed Turkish army to run havoc, Taliban would do the same with Ashraf Ghani govt in Afghanistan.

Why India should leave Afghanistan to Pakistan as US signs peace deal with Taliban

The peace deal was signed in Doha on 29 February in which Pakistan played a central role in facilitating talks between the US and the Taliban.

Five key aspects of the US-Taliban peace deal decoded

A short summary of Episode 403 of #CutTheClutter where Shekhar Gupta explains five key implications of the US-Taliban peace deal.

Trump will meet Taliban leaders but no one knows when or where

Trump plans to meet Taliban leaders ‘in the not-too-distant future’, but many details of lasting Afghan peace deal still need to be hashed out.

Why the Taliban is celebrating Donald Trump’s peace plan for Afghanistan

The reason could be in US dropping the demand for the Taliban to negotiate directly with the govt of newly re-elected Afghan President Ashraf Ghani.

India hopes US-Taliban peace deal will bring ‘lasting political settlement’ to Afghanistan

MEA Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar says India will support all opportunities that will lead to lasting political settlement through Afghan-led, Afghan-owned & Afghan-controlled process.

Trump sends Pompeo to Qatar with US-Taliban peace deal at hand

The deal entails US withdrawing some of its troops in Afghanistan in exchange for a Taliban pledge to sever all ties with terrorists.

India to ‘observe’ US-Taliban peace deal signing after staying away from talks for 2 years

India, which received an official invitation to attend the signing event in Doha, will be represented by its ambassador to Qatar P. Kumaran.

How Afghan intel helped India carry out the Balakot air strike

Human resource assets of Afghan intelligence operating in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan gave initial inputs following which India zeroed in on the target.

On Camera

Why the US Congress put its foot down on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files

The US House has effectively drawn a line in the sand and approved the release of the Epstein files despite President Trump's efforts to stop it from happening.

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.