MEA Evasive On Taliban; As ‘War on Terror’ Story Ends, New Cleavages Replace 'Islam v West'

Plus: J&K ironically shut down during Parliamentary IT Committee visit, CJI calls out communal media, child slavery returns with extreme poverty, and like humans, samosas get unique IDs

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