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Thursday, November 13, 2025
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Topic: Taliban

China says troop withdrawal from Afghanistan show US’ definition of rules-based order

Chinese foreign ministry's response came after US Vice President accused China of continuing coercion & claiming the majority of South China Sea, undermining the rules-based order.

Afghanistan’s only girls boarding school moves to Rwanda to escape the Taliban

Shifting of SOLA (School of Leadership Afghanistan) comes days after co-founder Shabana Basij-Rasikh posts video of her purportedly burning students' records to protect their identity.

Assam Muslims fear backlash after 16 arrests over pro-Taliban posts, say community may be blamed

In the past four days, 16 Muslims have been arrested for pro-Taliban posts on social media, including an MBBS student, a constable with the Assam Police, a teacher and a journalist.

Taliban will be judged by its deeds, says Boris Johnson ahead of G7 meet on Afghan crisis

PM Johnson is expected to urge international partners to match UK's commitments on aid, resettlement of those in need to protect human rights & contribute to stability of Afghanistan.

Is Taliban sending a message to India to keep embassy open? Delhi’s decision matters to world

Embassy shut, will India stay away from Afghanistan, like US and NATO nations, or will it return soon, like Iran’s ambassador did?

The ‘existential crisis’ in Afghanistan is being felt by those Biden abandoned to Taliban

The Taliban care about making money to keep fighting, largely from drug-smuggling, and have shown little interest in running an economy for the material well-being of Afghan society.

China hints at providing financial assistance to Taliban controlled Afghanistan

Chinese Foreign Ministry hit out at the US saying it is ‘main perpetrator’ for the Afghan crisis and Washington cannot leave without doing anything for Afghanistan's reconstruction.

Taliban warn of ‘consequences’ if 31 Aug deadline for US-led troop withdrawal is extended

Taliban spokesperson Dr Suhail Shaheen stated that the month-end deadline was a 'red line', as any extension would imply an extended occupation of the country.

India shouldn’t get militarily involved in Afghanistan, says ex-IAF chief Arup Raha

The former IAF air chief marshal said that the Taliban policy of China and Pakistan will backfire as a result of their 'dishonest purposes' for getting involved in Afghanistan.

Anurag Thakur terms Mehbooba Mufti’s remarks over Taliban takeover as ‘anti-India, absurd’

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti Sunday had asked the Centre to take a lesson from Taliban takeover of Afghanistan and urged the govt to hold dialogue in J&K and return its special status.

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.