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Topic: Taliban

India talks to Taliban leader Stanikzai for ‘early return’ of those stuck in Afghanistan

New Delhi has also created a high-level group focused on Afghanistan, which includes NSA Ajit Doval and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar.

Why US drone strikes against ISKP in Afghanistan smack of ‘secret help’ from Pakistan

There is still no confirmation on base US drones are operating from. Pakistan says it ‘will not allow CIA to use bases on its soil for cross-border counterterrorism missions after US withdrawal’.

Taliban call for good ties with US after last troops leave Afghanistan

The Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahed said 'whoever sees Afghanistan with an evil eye will face the same fate as the Americans have faced'.

Amin al-Haq, who helped Osama bin Laden escape US capture once, returns to Taliban

Videos that surfaced Tuesday show Amid al-Haq being greeted by cheering crowd in his home province of Nangarhar. 

UNSC adopts strong resolution on Afghanistan, demands territory not be used to attack countries

In the 15-nation Council, under India's presidency for the month of August, 13 member states voted in favour of the resolution while China and Russia abstained.

Wary of Haqqani influence, Modi govt unlikely to respond to Taliban outreach immediately

The Taliban has been assuring India that it faces no threat from them and instead welcomes trade and business ties. But New Delhi believes it is 'too early' to engage in any dialogue.

India is adjusting to the new ground reality in Kabul, coming to terms with Naya Afghanistan

Taliban leader Mohammed Abbas Stanekzai, an IMA Dehradun graduate, has reached out to New Delhi. But the question is, can his possible links with Pakistan's ISI be ignored?

The last US plane has left Kabul. What happens now in Afghanistan?

Chaos of American withdrawal following collapse of Ghani govt only underscores Afghanistan's fragility. Decisions the Taliban make will reverberate long into country's future.

Last US plane leaves Afghanistan as America ends its longest war

US Tuesday officially ended its military presence in Afghanistan after a two-decade war, with a rushed withdrawal of over 123,000 people since 14 August when Kabul fell to Taliban.

Tolo woman journalist who interviewed Taliban flees Afghanistan before US completes pullout

Beheshta Arghand, who made news for interviewing Taliban earlier this month, says she fears what they could do to her, but says she'll return if group keeps its promises, & she feels safe.

On Camera

This era has made journalistic independence harder than ever: New York Times publisher

Journalist Arthur Gregg Sulzberger delivered the Reuters Memorial Lecture on 4 March last year.

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.