In an exclusive interview with ThePrint in Kabul, Abdul Qahar Balkhi also spoke on issues of girls' education, the late al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri's presence there & Islamic State attacks.
Shahr-e-Naw, literally, The New City, used to be a cauldron of noise & activity — streets choked with cars, pavements buzzing with people. But this Kabul seems to have retreated into itself.
A missed evacuation, followed by visa troubles, have left a pregnant Indian woman and her Afghan husband in a predicament. She can return to India alone, but won't ‘abandon’ him.
Kabul's Aamaj News reported Friday that Taliban govt had named the unit in Nangarhar province after Third Battle of Panipat, which Afghan rule Ahmad Shah Abdali won against Marathas.
New Delhi continues to remain a participant in the mega gas pipeline project conceived in the 1990s. But concerns over safety and security around the project have grown manifold.
India had sent a proposal to Pakistan on 7 October seeking transit facility to send foodgrains aid to Afghanistan via Pakistani soil & received a positive response from Islamabad on 24 November.
MEA spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said India is committed to sending 50,000 metric tons of wheat and other medical supplies to Afghanistan via land route.
For the first time since the Taliban takeover, the Indian government has sent humanitarian aid for the Afghan people, consisting of two tons of medicines.
Forget comparing it with classics like Hrithik’s Ek Pal Ka Jeena or the slick title track of Dhoom 2, Janaab-e-Aali does not even come close to Ghungroo.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
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