UK said there is 'very credible' intelligence that ISIS' Afghanistan affiliate are planning an attack. The group, ISIS-K, is knowing for conducting suicide bombings & car bomb attacks.
EAM Jaishankar who briefed the meeting termed the Afghanistan situation as 'critical'. Union ministers Piyush Goyal and Pralhad Joshi were also present during the briefing.
The Taliban realises it will need to include influential warlords & leaders from ethnic communities to avoid the same sort of internal conflict that erupted in Afghanistan in the 1990s.
With just days left for US to completely withdraw its troops from Afghanistan, US defence contractor Erik Prince is selling seats on chartered flight out of Kabul as people scramble to escape Taliban.
Qatar has much deeper pockets than Pakistan. But Pakistani state's history with Afghanistan goes back to Taliban’s birth & Doha can't match the cultural ties between the two countries.
India’s actions in Afghanistan stem more out of pique for the triumph of radical Taliban and its mentor Pakistan, and less due to the lack of strategic options.
After posters surfaced condemning VC Tariq Mansoor, UP minister Mohsin Raza said VC acted as per 'our culture' and people with 'Talibani thinking' will be dealt with accordingly.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said that China has 'effective' communication with Taliban and respects Afghan people's independent decision on their own future and destiny.
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.
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