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Topic: Kabul

With Taliban return, question for India — will infrastructure investments amount to anything

New Delhi kept its military out of the war-torn Afghanistan, preferring instead to invest in key infrastructure projects. Its approach may have backfired.

Rockets hit neighbourhood near Kabul airport, gunfire follows amid US troops withdrawal

The explosions come a day after a US drone struck a vehicle carrying multiple suicide bombers affiliated to IS-K. Tensions are high with barely a day left for final withdrawal of US troops.

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.

Terror attack ‘highly likely’ at Kabul airport within 24-36 hours, Biden warns

US President Biden said the situation on the ground continues to be extremely dangerous and the threat of terrorist attacks at the Kabul airport remains high.

US retaliates after Kabul airport bombing, targets IS-K ‘planner’ in drone strike

It wasn't immediately known if the ISIS-K planner was involved in Thursday's Kabul airport attack. Earlier in the day, US President Biden vowed to make terrorists 'pay' for the attack.

The US may be relying on Taliban to fight Islamic State. It’s a dangerous move

The assumptions underpinning Biden administration’s decision-making in Afghanistan are questionable. It is delusional to rely on the Taliban to keep IS-K & other terrorist groups at bay.

Kabul bombings a dark day for Afghanistan and Joe Biden — and a harbinger of worse to come

Questions around Biden’s judgement and those of his advisers risk eating into his presidency in a way that will erode his authority.

Attack on Kabul airport signals the coming carnage in Afghanistan

The attack on Kabul airport by Islamic State of Khorasan, a group which sees the Taliban as its enemy, will help the latter. It strengthens the Taliban’s positioning as a lesser evil.

At least 11 people killed in two explosions outside Kabul airport

According to the US officials, the blast outside the airport's Abbey Gate injured 3 US troops. The local reporters suspect a suicide attacker behind the blasts in Afghanistan's capital.

On Kabul, India need not hurry. Let Russia, China, Iran see Pakistan’s control of Taliban

One doubts that Pakistan will be able to manage Afghanistan’s polity and society any more than it can in Pakistan itself. China will then have to think about stepping in.

On Camera

Oka to Nagarathna—Bombay High Court judges taking up the cudgel when faith in courts eroding

When lynching, hate speech and bulldozer politics do not speedily invite the wrath of courts, then something is wrong with the third pillar of governance.

Congress attacks chief economic advisor over statement on unemployment, asks BJP govt to ‘vacate seat’

While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.

Amid plans to lift AFSPA, Army starts joint training with Jammu & Kashmir Police

In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.

For BJP, Kejriwal is an idea whose time has come to be destroyed

The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.