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The reasons for the change in India’s stance towards the Taliban are all tactical. In the absence of strategic engagement, they raise serious questions about New Delhi’s long-term goals.

Such is the state of poverty and hunger in Afghanistan that parents are giving their hungry children tranquilizers and sleeping pills to help them sleep. In their desperate quest for survival, others have sold their daughters and their own organs, the BBC reported last month. The country is in the grip of a full-blown humanitarian crisis in the second winter since the Taliban took over following the sudden exit of US-led NATO forces. The Indian government’s claim, first made last year as it engaged with the Taliban, that it is providing humanitarian assistance to the Afghan people thus makes sense. …

The region seems to be hyper-focused on boosting investor confidence in different markets; PIF’s new loan.
Amid an increasing demand for higher education in the Middle East, local universities seem keen to show their mettle.
The artificial intelligence company has signed four deals amid fundraising talks; Aramco buys more of Saudi Arabia’s AI company.