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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Taliban co-founder Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, left, and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi pose for a photo during their meetin...

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Pakistani paramilitary soldiers stand guard near the Pakistan Afghan border crossing following fighting between Afghan security forces and Taliban in SpinBoldak border area, in Cha...

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A Pakistani paramedic treats men, who were injured in a fighting between Afghan security forces and Taliban in SpinBoldak border area, at a hospital in Chaman, Pakistan. Afghan gov...

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Supporters of the Taliban carry the Taliban's signature white flags in the Afghan-Pakistan border town of Chaman, Pakistan. The Taliban are pressing on with their surge in Afghanis...

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Afghanistan's former President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference in Kabul, Afghanistan. Former President Karzai calls on both the Afghan government and the Taliban to re...

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Former workers who had been employed with U.S. troops at the Bagram airbase hold placards during a demonstration against the U.S. government in Kabul, Afghanistan.

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From left, Suhil Shaheen, Mawlawi Shahabuddin Dilawar and Mohammad Naim, members of a political delegation from the Afghan Taliban's movement, arrive for a news conference in Mosco...

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An Afghan civilian carry a wounded child to the hospital after he was injured during fighting between Taliban and government in Badghis province, northwest of Afghanistan. From the...

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Members of the Taliban delegation from the left: Khairullah Khairkhwa, former western Herat Governor and one of five Taliban released from the U.S. prison on Guantanamo Bay in exch...

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A member of Taliban negotiation delegation, keeps his face mask during the opening session of the peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban in Doha, Qatar.

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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, center, U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, right, and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, left, speaks during a joint news conference in pres...

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Afghan President Ashraf Ghani, right, shakes hands with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, after a joint news conference in presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan. The U.S...

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From left, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Qatar's Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani before a peace signing ceremony between the U.S. and th...

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U.S. peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, left, and Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban group's top political leader shack hands after signing a peace agreement between Taliban and U....

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Taliban leader Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, who served as ambassador to Pakistan during the Taliban's rule speaks to the media in Doha, Qatar. The United States is poised to sign a pe...

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This photo provided by Tariq Ghazniwal shows an aircraft that crashed in eastern Afghanistan. The U.S. military says it is investigating reports of an airplane crash in Taliban-con...

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In this photo released by the Foreign Office, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi, center, receives members of Taliban delegation at the Foreign Office in Islamabad, P...

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Afghans transport the body of a woman who was killed during a raid conducted by Afghan special forces, in the southern Helmand province. An Afghan official said Monday that at leas...

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In this image from video released by the CIA, Hamza bin Laden, the son of of the late al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden is seen as an adult at his wedding. The White House says Hamza...

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Afghan special forces stand guard at the site of a suicide car bomb explosion that killed at least four people, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah...

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Afghanistan: UN Office In Herat Attacked, Guard Killed

Deborah Lyons, the UN special representative for Afghanistan, called the incident deplorable and said the UN was in touch with both sides in the conflict to determine how the office came under fire

Jul 31, 2021

| Associated Press (AP)
First US Evacuation Flight From Afghans Brings 221 Persons To New Home

More than 200 Afghans are expected to arrive in the United States on Friday, July 30, 2021, in the first of many planned evacuation flights for former interpreters and others as the United States finishes its nearly two-decade-long war in Afghanistan.

Jul 30, 2021

| Associated Press (AP)
Taliban Verified Indian Photojournalist Danish Siddiqui’s Identity Before Brutally Executing Him, Reveals US Report

According to the report, Siddiqui was not simply killed in a crossfire in Afghanistan, nor was he simply a collateral damage.

Jul 30, 2021

| Outlook Web Bureau
Taliban: Flooding Kills 150 In Northeastern Afghanistan

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahed said that they have also ordered that 5 million Afghanis, or about $62,000, to aid in the clean up and the villagers affected by the flooding.

Jul 29, 2021

| Associated Press (AP)
Taking Over Afghanistan By Force Won’t Grant You International Recognition: Blinken To Taliban

‘Even as we withdraw our forces from Afghanistan, we remain engaged there,’ US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said

Jul 28, 2021

| Seema Guha
Taliban-China: Chinese FM Pledges To Not Let Anyone Defame Afghanistan Under Taliban

This is the first time China and the Taliban have met since the US and NATO troops left Afghanistan.

Jul 28, 2021

| Outlook Web Bureau
Fierce Fighting Continues In Afghanistan As The Ghani Govt Tries To Get Its Act Together

The picture continues to be hazy with the Taliban gaining ground in some areas while the Afghan armed forces are reported to have taken back territory in others.

Jul 26, 2021

| Seema Guha
Western Democracies Appeal For Smooth Transition Of Power In Afghanistan

the US, EU, UK, NATO and Norway have released a joint communique to somehow force the Taliban and the High Peace Council for Reconciliation led by Abdullah-Abdullah to ensure a smooth transition of power in Afghanistan.

Jul 24, 2021

| Seema Guha
ISIL-K Leaders Likely To Pair With Taliban And Other Militants Who Reject US-Taliban Peace Deal: UN Report

'Its leaders also hope to attract intransigent Taliban and other militants who reject the Agreement for Bringing Peace to Afghanistan between the United States of America and the Taliban and to recruit fighters from the Syrian Arab Republic, Iraq and other conflict zones,' the report said.

Jul 24, 2021

| Outlook Web Desk
Afghanistan’s Abdullah-Abdullah Visits Delhi Amid US Withdrawal, Major Gains By Taliban

The reason for Abdullah-Abdullah’s visit to India at this juncture is not known but will raise speculations in Islamabad about the motive.

Jul 23, 2021

| Outlook Bureau

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Taliban Closes In For The Kill As US Troops Pull Out Of Afghanistan

As the Taliban inches close to regaining power, opinion differs as to their rule—bloodbath and medieval brutality or a more tempered, responsible regime

Jul 08, 2021

| Seema Guha
Withdrawal Symptoms

Afghanistan is at a crossroads as foreign troops prepare to leave

Jun 24, 2021

| Seema Guha
Game Theories

With US and NATO troops slated to depart in September, the future of Afghanistan is at stake. India needs to secure its interests by engaging with the Taliban at the international talks.

Apr 22, 2021

| Seema Guha
Face A Plumed Serpent

Talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government are underway in Doha. After avoiding the Taliban for long, India must now accept reality and engage with it. At stake are vital interests in Afghanistan.

Oct 21, 2020

| Seema Guha
With US Waging War Against Coronavirus, How The Pandemic Has Stalled Peace Talks In Afghanistan

Afghanistan is one of the poorest countries. With healthcare structure in shambles, peace talks involving the Taliban and the United States are unlikely in the near future

Apr 17, 2020

| Pranay Sharma
It's Advantage Pakistan As US-Taliban Peace Agreement Makes India Wary

Pakistan is certain to extract its pound of flesh for bringing Taliban to the talks table with US. Anti-India terrorist activities could also get a boost

Mar 05, 2020

| Pranay Sharma
The Subcontinental Menu

Aug 07, 2019

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Donald Trump's Bluff On Kashmir Creates Unexpected Diplomatic Challenge For Itchy India

Post Donald Trump's unsolicited, mediatory hand in 'solving' the Kashmir issue, India has to frame its Pakistan policy in the light of the Afghan talks and the FATF ruling

Jul 25, 2019

| Pranay Sharma
India Itchy After US, China, Russia Welcome Pakistan To Discuss Peace With Taliban In Afghanistan

There is widespread fear that the US is conceding too much space to Taliban as Donald Trump wants to fulfill his electoral promise to end the Afghan war

Jul 17, 2019

| Pranay Sharma
The Subcontinental Menu

In this week's The Subcontinental Menu, read about the first female manager at Assam's tea estate and a band of Dalit women from landless families in Bihar, among many others.

Dec 19, 2018

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Faith Works Both Ways

Religion has not always performed its ideal role of facilitating unity and harmony. The belief in a vision for a better world is the ultimate weapon against violence and oppression.

Dec 21, 2017

| Rabbi Asher Lopatin