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Topic: Kabul

Jaishankar speaks to Anthony Blinken over urgent need to restore airport operations in Kabul

External Affairs Minister Jaishankar, who arrived in New York Monday, was also involved in hectic discussions with US officials on the evacuation of the Indian diplomats from Kabul.

On the roads of Kabul, anxiety, fear, terror & gunshots a day after Taliban take control

Monday was marked by chaos at the Kabul airport, which saw thousands trying to flee without any tickets, visas and even luggage.

US plane leaves Kabul with desperate Afghans clinging to aircraft, videos show fall to death

Viral videos show civilians thronging runways of Kabul airport a day after Taliban siege. One such video appeared to show 3 men falling to their death from a US Air Force airplane.

Who is Mullah Baradar? Likely new Afghan president is Taliban co-founder, ‘peace talks’ envoy

Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar is the group’s most public face and its political chief. He oversaw the signing of troop withdrawal agreement with US.

Afghan airspace ‘uncontrolled’: Air India diverts Chicago-Delhi flight toward Sharjah

Senior Air India officials said the Afghanistan airspace has been declared ‘uncontrolled’ by the Kabul airport Monday and transit flights have been asked to avoid the airspace.

Will not hide, say Afghan women as Kabul falls, burqa shops get busy, but worry about education

There has been a reprisal of killings, women being ordered from their workplaces into their homes and girls forbidden from attending school now that the Taliban are back in power.

US to post more troops at Kabul airport as people rush to flee Afghanistan amid Taliban takeover

Videos from Kabul airport show chaotic scenes of people thronging tarmac & departure areas, hoping to get on a flight leaving Afghanistan. US says 6,000 troops will aid its evacuation efforts.

‘Our advice to Taliban is avoid urban warfare’: Afghan ex-PM Hekmatyar blames Ghani for crisis

In exclusive interview to ThePrint in Kabul, Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, who is part of a committee to oversee transition of power to Taliban, says elections are the way forward, calls US entry & exit in Afghanistan a blunder.

US Embassy issues security alert, says situation in Kabul, airport changing quickly

The Taliban entered the Afghan capital Kabul from all sides on Sunday. Taliban commanders say they have taken control of Afghan presidential palace, ANI, quoting Reuters, added.

Air India flight hovers for an hour over Kabul for ATC nod before landing in besieged city

Officials of Air India say there is no plan yet to cancel the Delhi-Kabul-Delhi flight, adding that it is scheduled to operate on Monday too.

On Camera

Why district judges almost never make it to India’s Supreme Court

Indian judiciary has a corrosive imbalance between the bar and the bench. Those who supervise the district judiciary do so without the lived experience that is essential for meaningful reform.

India’s merchandise exports to US rising month-on-month despite Trump tariffs, govt data shows

November exports to the US saw 10% growth from the previous month. Overall, in the first 8 months this fiscal, the merchandise exports to the US touched has touched $59bn.

US clears $686-mn package to breathe fresh life into Pakistani F-16s

Of the total package, $649 million will be utilised for additional hardware, software, and support services, and the remaining for Major Defence Equipment (MDE).

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.