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By maintaining a pragmatic relationship with Kabul, India preserves a foothold in a region whose geography, not its government, will determine its long-term strategic value. In essence, India’s Afghanistan policy must be rooted not in who sits in the offices of Kabul today, but in the immutable fact of where that land sits on the map of the world.

The Congress and the Gandhis’ outrage over the exclusion of women journalists from the Taliban presser appears both dishonest and uninformed, given their own track record with Indian journalists and the clear provisions of the Vienna Convention.

Bargam air base will aid the United States in monitoring Beijing's nuclear activities and infrastructure.

In July this year, an Islamic outfit named 'Jamaat-Char Monai' announced its plans to turn Bangladesh into a Sharia-compliant nation like Afghanistan. It also vowed to follow the model implemented by the Taliban regime.

"There is no excuse for this – not now and not in the future. We are being unjust to 20 million people," the Afghanistan Minister said about Taliban policy.

The Taliban’s sudden takeover in 2021 disrupted India-Afghanistan relations. However, India’s approach of cautious engagement and humanitarian aid has kept open channels for dialogue, allowing for today’s diplomatic reset.

Taliban said the attacks were conducted "beyond the "hypothetical line" - an expression used by Afghan authorities to refer to a border with Pakistan which has been in dispute since long.

In its latest dictate against women, the Taliban govt in Afghanistan has banned women from pursuing courses to become midwives and nurses