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Monday, November 10, 2025
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Topic: Taliban

‘No truth’ to Pakistan’s claims of Indian missiles targeting Afghanistan, says Taliban

Foreign Secy Vikram Misri called the claims ‘ludicrous’, which came as Islamabad launched Op Bunyan un Marsoos, targeting Indian civilian & military sites across LoC.

US citizen Faye Hall freed from Taliban custody in Afghanistan

Hall was detained for allegedly operating a drone without authorisation. This comes after diplomatic push by Trump envoy Adam Boehler & former US envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad.

Why ceasefire at key Pak-Afghan border crossing on Durand Line is unlikely to last long

ThePrint Explorer looks at how Imperial Britain came about with Durand Line & how it has remained a bone of contention between two neighbours over the years.

Taliban rejects US peace deal 5 yrs after Kabul’s fall. What this means for Afghan citizens, neighbours

The Taliban’s chief spokesperson told state-owned Kabul TV that the Islamic Emirate follows its own governance system and is no longer adhering to the Doha agreement.

How Trump the ‘master deal-maker’ failed when negotiating with Taliban in Afghanistan

Under Trump, the US talked directly to the Taliban, without the Afghan government in the room. This sidelined the Afghan republic from the negotiations.

Al-Qaeda’s last Indian soldier is imprisoned in Pakistan. Is the long jihad finally dead?

It's unclear when Mohammad Usman, a former resident of Sambhal in Uttar Pradesh, was incarcerated. But being an anti-India jihadist no longer guarantees gentle treatment in Pakistani prisons.

Pakistan’s attempt to mobilise anti-Taliban leaders is misguided, dangerous

Pakistan’s ISI has a long history of maintaining clandestine and not-so-clandestine ties with various Afghan political groups, including the Afghan Taliban.

Senior Afghanistan official who called Taliban’s education ban for girls ‘un-Islamic’ leaves for UAE

An arrest warrant was issued against deputy foreign minister Abbas Stanikzai, say local reports. However, Stanikzai maintains he is travelling to the UAE because of health issues

India’s Taliban outreach does little for Afghanistan. Focus on visa reforms, Loya Jirga

The crisis in Afghanistan is not just political–it’s also a humanitarian challenge that is testing India’s leadership.

Pakistan’s TTP threat is now out of control—Taliban can’t help, public doesn’t trust military

The frequency of TTP attacks in Pakistan has increased—from 267 in 2021 to 365 in 2022—and the militant group has also been systematically going after hard targets.

On Camera

SC order on stray dogs is like Tughlaq’s march to Daulatabad—grand in tone, empty in substance

SC’s order asks institutions to breed unnecessary panic and build fortresses, when they are yet to achieve basic safety or dignity.

No more text-heavy ads, wider scope of services—ICAI’s ethics code overhaul to promote Indian CA firms

Open to public feedback until 26 November, the revised guidelines, among other changes, give CA firms more flexibility to advertise & promote their services.

‘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.