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Saturday, November 8, 2025
TopicTaliban

Topic: Taliban

Pakistan can’t bomb or bargain its way out of the TTP-TLP mess

Among the many problems Pakistan is currently dealing with, the TLP and TTP offer two varying dimensions of the same one.

ThePrint photos of the week: Pre-Chhath Yamuna cleanup, Zubeen Garg memorial & Muttaqi at FICCI

In PhotosOfTheWeek we bring you pictures clicked by ThePrint’s photojournalists, video journalists and reporters this past week.

Modi govt is not recognising or supporting Taliban’s beliefs. It’s engaging with Afghanistan

India’s security and strategic interests are in establishing a strong foothold in Kabul. This can be done through providing infrastructure support to Afghanistan.

Taliban’s welcome is justified by pragmatism. It’s also full of moral fault lines

The reverence and applause for the Taliban, a regime that denies Afghan women education, their freedom, and the very right to exist with dignity, was chilling.

Debit what comes in (as taxes), credit what goes out (as freebies)

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

‘93000 pants ceremony 2.0’—Afghan journalist sees a 1971 moment in conflict with Pakistan

Some videos on social media showed Afghani fighters displaying trousers, allegedly of Pakistani soldiers who fled their positions during the clashes.

Pakistan, Afghanistan settle on ‘temporary ceasefire’ after dozens die in border clashes

A Pakistan foreign ministry statement said that the two countries had decided to implement a 'temporary truce' for 48 hours starting 1300 GMT Wednesday.

Making Middle East Great Again & why all Indian cars are off-road vehicles

The best cartoons of the day, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

FM Muttaqi’s Deoband visit signals Taliban sharpening daggers for Pakistan

Taliban factions nurture the TTP as both an ideological ally and because Emir Hibatullah Akhundzada’s regime views the borderlands as Afghan, not Pakistani.

Chinese suspect India’s role in Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict

Many Chinese internet users are now referring to the Taliban as a terrorist organisation. Such descriptions were conspicuously absent when Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met Taliban representatives in August.

On Camera

Population causes poverty is the devil’s philosophy. It causes prosperity: Sauvik Chakraverti

Crowded cities are rich because there is greater division of labour. The extent of the division of labour depends on the size of the market, wrote Sauvik Chakraverti in 2002.

Asia’s ‘weakest’ link: Yunus on a tightrope as Bangladesh tries to fix banks without breaking economy

With 20.2 percent of its total loans in default by the end of last year, Bangladesh had the weakest banking system in Asia. Despite reforms, it will take time to recover.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.