Coffee or Chai? At 2 Kolkata cafes, ‘Adda’ is what’s reall...
November 30, 2021
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By: Mujib Mashal
The Indian Coffee House in Kolkata, India, has a storied history as a place for intellectuals to gather, and debate.Credit...Saumya Khandelwal for T...
In a region in strife, India’s moral high ground erodes
November 10, 2021
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By: Mujib Mashal
Hindus in Bangladesh protesting the violent attacks against them in Dhaka last month.Credit...Munir Uz Zaman/Agence France-Presse — Getty Imag...
As Covid rampages across Nepal, workers pay the Price
Migrant workers lining up at the border between India and Nepal. The porous border has allowed for the movement of workers but also the spread of Co...
Afghan peace talks begin this week
September 11, 2020
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By: Mujib Mashal
Peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government are expected to begin on Saturday in Doha, Qatar, officials announced on Thursday, in a hist...
Afghan peace talks set to begin as prisoner swap is nearly...
The Afghan government said that a repeatedly stalled prisoner swap with the Taliban had largely been completed on Thursday, potentially removing the f...
With delay in Afghan peace talks, a creeping sense of ‘sie...
Mornings in the city begin with “sticky bombs,” explosives slapped onto vehicles that go up in flames. With night comes the dread of hit-a...
US troops in Afghanistan reduced to 8,600, General says
June 20, 2020
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By: Mujib Mashal
The United States has reduced the number of troops it has in Afghanistan to 8,600 in accordance with a preliminary peace deal with the Taliban, a top...
This Afghan general fought the Taliban for Years, now he h...
May 12, 2020
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By: Mujib Mashal
Former Afghan police chief Abdul Jalil Bakhtawar
As a onetime police chief of the restive province of Farah in western Afghanistan, Gen. Abdul Ja...
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