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Topic: Afghanistan

‘Dark money sloshed all around’ — how US helped fuel corruption in Afghanistan

CIA gave cash to Afghan warlords, politicians, religious leaders, says The Washington Post report. Situation was such that Afghans started seeing Taliban as “brutal but efficient”.

18 years, 2,300 deaths & $978 bn later, why America’s Afghan war is being called a failure

The figures were revealed in an investigative report, titled The Afghanistan Papers, published by The Washington Post Monday.

Treating Pakistan as a friend was a critical error: US officials in Afghanistan Papers

In the US government documents on the Afghanistan war published by The Washington Post, officials say Pakistan played a ‘double game’.

On India-Afghanistan border, Amit Shah is right and opposition is not wrong

Home Minister Amit Shah says in Lok Sabha India shares 106-km border, abutting Wakhan Corridor in PoK, with Afghanistan. But his ministry’s official document doesn't mention this.

Afghans mourn Japanese doctor Nakamura, who came to treat leprosy but cured drought

Dr Tetsu Nakamura came to Afghanistan in the 1980s to treat leprosy patients. The network of canals he helped build has helped nearly a million Afghans.

How Trump’s Thanksgiving visit to Afghanistan was kept top secret

Journalists weren’t told until late in the flight what country Trump was headed to, and Air Force One’s destination clock was switched off as well.

Trump makes surprise visit to Afghanistan, says peace talks with Taliban have resumed

Trump says talks with Taliban are ongoing. US wants Taliban to agree to a ceasefire & will continue to reduce its troop commitment to the region.

Not just Panipat, Kabul unhappy with ‘undesirable’ portrayal of Afghans in other films too

In a letter to the Indian government in April, Afghanistan had raised concerns over depictions of Afghans in films like Kabul Express, Padmaavat and Kesari.

Panipat film raises alarm in Afghanistan over Abdali portrayal, embassy writes to MEA

Afghan embassy seeks meeting with I&B Minister Prakash Javadekar over fears of misrepresentation of emperor Ahmad Shah Abdali in Ashutosh Gowarikar's film Panipat.

Afghans won’t roll over and welcome Taliban back into Kabul, like they did in 1996

‘Kaun banega Afghanistan ka Rashtrapati’ is the question dominating this conflict-ridden country at the crossroads of Asia and Europe today.

On Camera

Cloudflare outage is a sharp warning to India. We’re exposed to foreign digital failures

Digital sovereignty cannot stop at government cloud systems. It must extend to the networking, CDN, AI, and security layers permeating the entire economy.

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.