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TopicKabul blast

Topic: Kabul blast

19 killed in suicide bomb blast at tutoring centre in Shiite area of Kabul, police say

A Taliban source said 33 had been killed, including many female students. Many of those living in the area where the blast occurred are Hazara, an ethnic mostly Shiite Muslim minority.

Boys’ school in Kabul hit by multiple blasts, 6 dead, many injured

The school is located in Kabul's west – Dasht-e-Barchi -- where members of the Hazara Shia community stay.

At least 100 killed, wounded in mosque blast in Afghanistan’s Kunduz

The explosion went off during the weekly Friday prayer service at the Gozar-e-Sayed Abad Mosque. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the blast.

India is adjusting to the new ground reality in Kabul, coming to terms with Naya Afghanistan

Taliban leader Mohammed Abbas Stanekzai, an IMA Dehradun graduate, has reached out to New Delhi. But the question is, can his possible links with Pakistan's ISI be ignored?

ThePrint in Afghanistan and the value of putting boots on the ground each time

It's common practice now for most Indian media houses to not do stories datelined from other countries, partly due to financial constraints but also because of domestic upheavals.

Kabul airport blasts shake Biden’s Afghanistan exit strategy

The attacks undercut Biden's repeated arguments since taking office that he would offer a steady hand on foreign policy. And they have given his political enemies a powerful cudgel.

‘Will hunt you down & make you pay,’ Biden warns those responsible for Kabul airport attacks

Biden said the attacks were carried out by ISIS-K and informed that he has ordered his commanders to develop operational plans to strike the group's assets, leadership and facilities.

Why ISIS bombed Kabul wedding and how it’s eyeing the Afghan peace talks

ISIS claimed responsibility for bombing a wedding reception in Kabul last week. Tracking the rise of ISIS in Afghanistan and its objectives in the conflict-ridden country.

Plugged-In: Kashmir’s changing politics, Kabul blast kills 25 & WhatsApp founder resigns

The BJP’s Kathua MLA Rajiv Jasrotia, one of those who supported the accused in the January rape and murder of an eight-year-old, was inducted into the Jammu & Kashmir cabinet Monday.

On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

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.

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

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.