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Wednesday, November 12, 2025
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Topic: Taliban

Taliban vandalise tomb of Ahmad Shah Massoud, ‘Lion of Panjshir’, on his 20th death anniversary

Ahmad Shah Massoud was killed by an al Qaeda suicide squad two days before 9/11 attacks. His tomb in Panjshir was found desecrated and covered in shattered glass earlier this week.

Black text on white background — the history and significance of the Taliban flag

Taliban have removed Afghanistan's black, red & green flag from most buildings, hoisted the same one they used when they were last in power between 1996 & 2001.

BRICS leaders urge Afghanistan to refrain from violence, settle crisis by peaceful means

In the New Delhi Declaration adopted at the end of BRICS Summit Thursday, the leaders emphasised the need to uphold human rights in Afghanistan, including that of women, children & minorities.

‘Deeply disappointed’ with non-inclusive Taliban govt in Afghanistan, Australia says

Australian High Commissioner to India Barry O’Farrell says his country is focused on Taliban ensuring safe passage, ceasing violence, preventing violent extremism & upholding human rights.

Strength of security and self-reliance not achievement, but necessity, says Rajnath Singh

At an event where medium range surface-to-air missile (MRSAM) was inducted into IAF, Singh said developments in Afghanistan indicates uncertainty has spread globally.

As Taliban announces new ‘caretaker’ govt, India, US, China, Iran must brace for the worst

Afghanistan's new govt is dominated by the Taliban’s military faction. It is unlikely to be much of a consolation for the US & other countries with an interest in Kabul.

US in no rush to recognise Taliban govt, engaging only to evacuate our citizens: White House

White House press secretary Jen Psaki said that neither the President nor anyone on the administration would suggest that the Taliban are 'valued members' of the global community.

Taliban back, desperate Kerala families hope couples who fled to Afghanistan for ISIS can return

ThePrint travelled across Kerala to meet families of those who joined ISIS in Afghanistan, to find some harbouring hopes of reconciliation & others resigned to never seeing them again.  

If Plan A is talking to Taliban, India must start Plan B too — prepare for worst

India should covertly set in motion Plan B to cater for a more sophisticated Taliban playing a double game. And an ethnic civil war.

World wanted a Berlin moment in Afghanistan. It got a Taliban flag over Panjshir instead

For a government that has defined its image on counter-terror, the silence over Taliban is telling, and for all the wrong reasons.

On Camera

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘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.