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Topic: Taliban

What is ISIS-K and why do they hate Taliban? Terrorism experts explain Kabul airport attack

ISIS-K sees the Afghan Taliban as its strategic rivals. It brands them as ‘filthy nationalists’.

Afghanistan’s Panjshir Valley — the last resistance to Taliban rule

In the past 20 years, Panjshir was the only province in Afghanistan that the predominantly ethnic Pashtun Taliban seemed unable to command.

How US not tied in Afghanistan could help India deal with Pakistan better

A selection of the best news reports, analysis and opinions published by ThePrint this week.

‘Died in vain’: US marine slams military leadership over Kabul bombing, is relieved from duty

In Facebook video day after Kabul airport attack, Marine Lt Col Stuart Scheller demands accountability from US military and questions the Afghanistan evacuation plans.

US retaliates after Kabul airport bombing, targets IS-K ‘planner’ in drone strike

It wasn't immediately known if the ISIS-K planner was involved in Thursday's Kabul airport attack. Earlier in the day, US President Biden vowed to make terrorists 'pay' for the attack.

Kabul shows up Biden as a sheep in sheep’s clothing. Allies Europe, India & Quad are watching

After seeing Joe Biden in Afghanistan, what is Quad but a fancy naval parade for US allies?

China says ‘shocked’ at Kabul attacks, will work with global community to combat terrorism

Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said that the Chinese embassy in Kabul, which was still operational, verified that there were no Chinese casualties in the suicide attacks.

Kabul airport blasts shake Biden’s Afghanistan exit strategy

The attacks undercut Biden's repeated arguments since taking office that he would offer a steady hand on foreign policy. And they have given his political enemies a powerful cudgel.

Viral runway image ‘showing Kabul blast’ is over a week old

The image was captured by AFP photojournalist Wakil Kohsar on 16 August last week and can be found on Getty Images website, which has priced it at Rs 23,000.

Kabul bombings a dark day for Afghanistan and Joe Biden — and a harbinger of worse to come

Questions around Biden’s judgement and those of his advisers risk eating into his presidency in a way that will erode his authority.

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.

Inflation plunges to a 10-yr low of 0.25% in October. Here’s why

Record-low inflation gives RBI room to ease rates. Food prices have something to do with it.

‘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.