On Friday, S Jaishankar spoke with his Afghan counterpart. It was the first political-level contact between India and Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power. In this edition of The Lowdown, we explain India's past relationship with the Taliban and how the latest development indicates a new bend in the topsy-turvy path to Kabul.
In the geopolitical lexicon, 'Operation Sindoor' will be emblazoned with the hues of India's pride, but it will also have a different meaning for Pakistan.
India Today serves a fiery news platter—India stands firm on Indus waters, Kashmir locals reject Pakistan, and Rajnath Singh boosts troop morale amid border tensions. From Pak flag crackdowns to Turkey boycotts and a grim Damoh tragedy, today's headlines blend defiance, unity, and sorrow.
In the lexicon of geopolitics, the phrase 'Operation Sindoor' will be written like a bold statement in red, emblazoned with the hues of India's pride, resolve and retribution
More than any other batters in the post-Tendulkar era, stories of triumph and failure of Rohit and Virat became pivotal sub-plots. These narratives shaped the larger story of the game.
India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire after three days of military conflict across the border following India's Operation Sindoor strikes against terror infrastructure, which came in retaliation to the Pahalgam attack.
On Saturday, the world witnessed the launch of a fresh season of Pakistan's perennial chimera of a fragmented India when it announced 'Bunyan-un-Marsoos', a military strike on India. The symbolism of the operation and the surrounding propaganda underlines a larger insidious plan to use Islam as a ruse to support terror, rally support and destabilise the Subcontinent
Hostilities are simmering between India and Pakistan, but a more insidious force may be pulling the strings. As missiles fly and tempers flare, the real battle might not be at the border — but in the shadows, where the hidden enemy quietly thrives.
With Washington stepping back and Pakistan's allies offering limited support, Islamabad is stuck between the proverbial rock and the hard place.
In part 6 of our series on the history of terrorism in Kashmir, we revisit Pakistan's cyclical strategy of direct, overt and covert war in Kashmir, and how it evolved over the years.
