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Afghan Women

The Taliban’s announcement banning women’s voices and bare faces in public marks another troubling chapter in the erosion of women’s rights in Afghanistan.

Taliban Diplomacy

The recent UN-led meeting in Doha marked a significant moment for international diplomacy as the Taliban participated for the first time. This event has sparked varied reactions globally

Targeting music

Perhaps the most ironical aspect of reports emerging from Afghanistan that the Taliban made a bonfire of musical instruments in their attempt to stamp out an activity they consider unIslamic is that they coincide with the 43rd death anniversary of a man considered by many as the greatest male singer to have emerged from South Asia. Mohammed Rafi was a lower-caste Muslim, a simple and unlettered man, but second to none in his piety.

Pakistan’s woes

Indians will not fail to miss the irony inherent in the message delivered over the weekend by Pakistan’s defence minister Khwaja Asif to the Taliban regime that rules Afghanistan.