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Topic: Taliban

Brothers & arms: The Taliban’s complicated relationship with Pakistan

Pakistan's attack on Kabul drug rehab centre Monday is latest flashpoint in the conflict. Islamabad was euphoric when the Taliban returned to power in 2021. So what went wrong? ThePrint explains.

Taliban calls Kabul hospital strike ‘crime against humanity’, Pakistan says it only hit ‘military infra’

Taliban regime says 400 people have been killed & over 250 injured, while Pakistan has claimed Taliban is trying to shield itself from its 'heinous actions' in sponsoring terrorism.

Frontier Gandhi’s great-grandson slams Pakistan over Taliban ties, posts ‘Jai Hind’ on India’s win

Aimal Wali Khan, the leader of the Awami National Party, has long spoken out against the cross-border tensions between the Taliban and Islamabad, and Pakistan's support for the regime in Kabul.

Ex Afghanistan spy chief’s ‘five-pillar’ analysis of Pakistan’s changed tactics to deal with Taliban

Taliban have missed the opportunity to advance a genuinely Afghan-led solution due to its arrogance & shortsightedness, Amrullah Saleh asserts.

Pakistan must give up claims to Indian territories to justify Operation Ghazab Lil-Haq

With China now being deflected to watching a war unfold with bigger stakes, this little neighbourhood skirmish may teach Pakistan a much-needed lesson in geostrategic warfare.

Pakistanis are fed up with wars. They are now asking Taliban to ‘deal’ with Asim Munir

Some Pakistanis expressed their anger against the Pakistani military, with one user saying that ‘the generals have failed at everything they have done since 2022 and they will continue to fail’.

Taliban’s war on music in Afghanistan: Hundreds of tombaks, guitars & national instrument rubab burnt

Since taking control of the country in 2021, the Taliban has dismantled thousands of musical instruments and actively enforced ban on music.

Operating without women: Taliban’s mixed-gender ban for surgical teams worsens Afghanistan health crisis

Women comprise less than a fifth of specialised physicians in the country, new decree risks shutting Afghan women out of professions & access to healthcare.

Taliban uses Sharia to justify its criminal code. It’s not new to me as a Pasmanda Muslim

As someone who has spent years speaking about caste, hierarchy, and inequality within Muslim societies, I cannot ignore the pattern anymore.

Crime & punishment, Taliban adaptation: 15 days’ jail for beating wife, only if there are ‘bruises’

New ‘criminal code’ in Afghanistan also legalises ‘Caste-like slavery’, prescribes flog-at-sight for ‘sinners’ & proposes 3 months’ jail for wife visiting kin without ‘permission’.

On Camera

Syringes, MRI to ventilators, West Asia war squeezing India’s medical supply chain—costs up 10 to 50%

Industry says manufacturers have 2-4 weeks of buffer stocks, but prolonged disruption could push up shortage risks, especially of consumables like IV and syringes.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.