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Monday, March 16, 2026
TopicAhmad Shah Massoud

Topic: Ahmad Shah Massoud

Taliban vandalise tomb of Ahmad Shah Massoud, ‘Lion of Panjshir’, on his 20th death anniversary

Ahmad Shah Massoud was killed by an al Qaeda suicide squad two days before 9/11 attacks. His tomb in Panjshir was found desecrated and covered in shattered glass earlier this week.

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Gulf conflict pushes Dubai diamond traders to eye Surat for rough stone auctions. But there are hurdles

Industry leaders say India’s complicated customs process and GST levies are deterrents for traders to come to Surat for auctions.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.