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Topic: Taliban

What ISI chief Faiz Hameed’s visit to Kabul has to do with new Taliban govt

In Afghanistan, war and peace have been inter-changeable, with players cutting deals with the enemy without fully informing even their friends.

News channels air video game clip to claim ‘Pakistan air force attacked Panjshir’

Several news channels ran footage of what they claimed to be visuals of Pakistan air force's support for the Taliban in Panjshir in Afghanistan.

Instead of Taliban talks, India must stand up for Afghan resistance despite Panjshir fall

The real battle isn’t in Kabul or Panjshir, it is in the minds of the Afghan people. And India can have an edge there.

Won’t allow any country to interfere in Afghanistan’s internal affairs: Taliban spokesman

The questions of interference in Afghanistan's internal affairs were raised after ISI Director General Lt Gen Hameed's meeting with Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Barada last week.

India unlikely to reopen Kabul embassy in near future, only people-to-people links to continue

After invalidating all visas in August after Taliban takeover of Kabul, India could start distributing e-visas as soon as international flight operations resume in Afghanistan.

International flights from Afghanistan to resume shortly, Taliban say

Addressing a press conference, Taliban spokesman Mujahe said Qatar and Turkey are helping to resume operations at Kabul airport where the radar system was destroyed by US troops.

Taliban confirms meet between leader Mullah Baradar & Pakistan’s ISI chief Faiz Hameed

Hameed dashed to Kabul on an unannounced visit last week, becoming the only high-ranking foreign official to visit Kabul since the Taliban seized the Afghan capital in mid-August.

Taliban says they have taken control of Panjshir Valley, last holdout Afghan province

Witnesses said thousands of Taliban fighters overran 8 districts of Panjshir overnight. The valley was the only province the Taliban had not seized during their sweep last month.

The alphabet soup of terrorists that an ill-governed Afghanistan can launch against India

Anyone expecting fractious Taliban to act against terrorists is whistling in the wind.

Afghanistan’s fall is 9/11’s latest unlearned lesson

Kabul govt collapsed within months of Biden’s announcement of US withdrawal. Every Western insider knew that, even if the Taliban did not deserve to win, nor did our client regime.

On Camera

Air purifiers are the new water filters. Delhi has quietly accepted a crisis

The affluent in Delhi, armed with airtight windows, multiple purifiers, and humidifiers, have normalised a way of life that once seemed dystopian.

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.