Afghan Conflict
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Taliban’s ‘fairer’ and more effective tax system helped it retake control of Afghanistan
Long before US withdrawal, the Taliban had developed a remarkably state-like system of taxing citizens on everyday goods like cigarettes and perfume.
Ashley Jackson, The Conversation
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One year after Taliban takeover, Afghan women are still resisting curbs on their rights
The opening of public life to women as members of civil society, government and parliament changed the country. Women are determined not to let that slip away.
Homa Hoodfar, The Conversation & Mona Tajali, The Conversation
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Indian officials meet Taliban members in Kabul for first time
The delegation was overseeing humanitarian assistance sent to Afghanistan.
Scroll Staff
Trending
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How did the Hyderabad Police race against time to recover stolen artefacts from the Nizam’s Museum?
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How the Uddhav Thackeray Sena and Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi alliance will pose a challenge to the BJP
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Aaj Tak says its anchors will report on Budget 2023 suspended from a tower at a height of 160 feet
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India is now the world’s most populous nation – but there’s no reason to be worried
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Adani stocks slide up to 24%, bonds hit distressed levels after calling off share sale
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India is an important stakeholder in Afghanistan, nothing can change it, says NSA Ajit Doval
The national security advisor also stressed on the need to provide education to girls and equal employment opportunities to women in the Taliban-ruled country.
Scroll Staff
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Taliban shuts down girls’ secondary schools hours after they reopened
These educational institutions had reopened for the first time since the Taliban regime took over Afghanistan in August last year.
Scroll Staff
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How the Taliban takeover has hit Afghanistan’s reading culture and public libraries
While the regime has not announced its policy regarding books, the memories of what happened in the mid-’90s still serve.
Zamir Saar, The Conversation
Video
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Watch: Indian women’s cricket team take on the ‘Tum Tum’ dance challenge in the dressing room
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‘Journalism is not a crime’: Siddique Kappan after being released on bail after more than two years
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Caught on CCTV: Man steals gorilla statue kept outside a shop
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Watch: Tiger walks freely in tea garden, unbothered when car comes up close
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Watch: Students climb gate to enter exam centre because they were late
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Desperate to escape the Taliban, Afghans are being exploited by smugglers and Pakistani military
Afghan smugglers are more than doubling the fee for some routes as they cash in on an exodus from the country.
Emma Batha, Thomson Reuters Foundation & Bahaar Joya, Thomson Reuters Foundation
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Over 100 ex-Afghan officials, others killed by Taliban since August, says UN report
The insurgent group had seized control of Afghanistan on August 15 after the US and its allies pulled their troops from the country after 20 years.
Scroll Staff
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Heroin and human trafficking are the only two sectors of the economy still thriving under Taliban
With other sectors contracting or shutting down and poverty deepening, illicit trade is gaining importance in the country.
Jonathan Goodhand, The Conversation & Jan Koehler, The Conversation
The Reel
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Bowing out in style: Soumitra Chatterjee’s late-career gems ‘Bela Seshe’ and ‘Mayurakshi’
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‘Lost’ trailer: Yami Gautam Dhar plays a journalist investigating a disappearance
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‘The Romantics’ trailer: Docuseries pays tribute to the Yash Raj Films legacy
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Film ‘Follower’ crawls inside the mind of a social media troll in Belgaum
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Shah Rukh Khan on ‘Pathaan’ success: ‘Have forgotten those four years in the last four days’
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Afghanistan: Stop showing programmes with women actors, Taliban tells TV channels
The insurgent group said that journalists should cover their heads while appearing on television.
Scroll Staff
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Taliban will be invited to meeting of Afghanistan’s neighbours next year, says Pakistan minister
The meeting will also be attended by representatives from China, Iran, Russia, Pakistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Scroll Staff
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India, Russia, six other countries reiterate support for ‘peaceful, stable’ Afghanistan
At a regional security dialogue hosted by India, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval called for greater cooperation on the situation in Kabul.
Scroll Staff
The Field
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Thailand Masters: Kiran George, Ashmita Chaliha, Ishaan-Tanisha, Sikki-Rohan lose in round of 16
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India vs New Zealand: Shubman Gill on his unbeaten century, Hardik Pandya’s advice to him and more
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Cricket: Andrew Strauss – ‘IPL will become world's biggest domestic sporting event’
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Watch: U19 champions Shafali Verma and Co take a lap of honour in Ahmedabad during IND vs NZ match
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IND vs NZ: Hardik Pandya – ‘Shubman Gill is technically so sound that batting is very easy for him’