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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicTaliban 2.0

Topic: Taliban 2.0

Building on Muttaqi’s visit, Taliban commerce minister in India amid tensions with Pakistan

New Delhi: Alhaj Nooruddin Azizi, the Taliban’s Minister of Industry and Commerce, arrived in India Wednesday for a five-day visit, with a business delegation,...

India’s diplomatic shift with Taliban shows craftsmanship. It’s the age of pragmatism after all

It is always good to preempt an unpredictable Donald Trump presidency, but it makes better policy for India to have its own neighbourhood interests paramount.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.