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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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Life in Delhi isn’t easy for Northeast Indians. Racism is always round the corner

Racism is a problem for privileged mainlanders only when it's meted out to them abroad. In their own backyard, it's normalised as 'I was just kidding. Chill yaar'.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Post-elections, Bangladesh Army shuffles top military & intel posts, defence adviser in India recalled

Orders issued by Army Headquarters reassign key operational commanders and senior intelligence officials, including the head of DGFI, the country’s premier military intelligence agency.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.