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Jyoti Malhotra is Editor, National & Strategic Affairs of The Print website in Delhi. She has been a journalist for 35 years and has worked for India's major news media, including the Indian Express, the Times of India and Star News. She has reported in both Hindi and English and consulted for several foreign media. She lives in New Delhi.

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Gave safe passage to India to leave, says Taliban foreign ministry spokesman, ‘welcome return’

Jyoti Malhotra Aug 19, 2022

In an exclusive interview with ThePrint in Kabul, Abdul Qahar Balkhi also spoke on issues of girls' education, the late al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri's presence there & Islamic State attacks. Kabul: The Taliban helped give safe…

Has Taliban changed? In Kabul, a prized partridge for sale, ‘mahram’ escorts for women

Jyoti Malhotra Aug 13, 2022

As Taliban inches towards completing a year in power, exodus from Afghanistan continues. But more countries are coming to realise one can't ignore the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

Nameless airport, IS attack, Delhi paan, vanilla ice cream — Kabul, a year after Taliban return

Jyoti Malhotra Aug 12, 2022

Shahr-e-Naw, literally, The New City, used to be a cauldron of noise & activity — streets choked with cars, pavements buzzing with people. But this Kabul seems to have retreated into itself.

Padma bridge shows Bangladesh’s resolve. Why it carries the weight of Sheikh Hasina’s politics

Jyoti Malhotra Jun 16, 2022

Bangladesh has been transformed into an economic success story and Hasina is aware that victory at the 2023 polls lies through economic prosperity. Almost ten years to the day after the World Bank withdrew its financing of the bridge over…

Why Bangladesh is absolutely quiet when it comes to anti-Prophet remarks by BJP leaders

Jyoti Malhotra Jun 14, 2022

As many as 20 countries and organisations have issued statements, but not Bangladesh. It has clearly understood at whose door the power lies in India.

India missing Sushma Swaraj as Modi takes charge of Ukraine-stranded students’ evacuation

Jyoti Malhotra Mar 2, 2022

PM Modi understood that videos of stranded Indian students could alter the perception about him and his govt. So he has moved to expand EAM Jaishankar’s remit.

Modi must consolidate Dalai Lama legacy as Xi’s grip on Tibet gets tighter

Jyoti Malhotra Jul 6, 2021

If New Delhi and Dharamshala are not able to overcome this overwhelming sense of disarray, it could cost them both.

Bhutan’s King trekked to stop Covid. But he’s walking between India and China

Jyoti Malhotra Jun 29, 2021

Bhutan is sandwiched between two Asian giants — one forcing it to show its hand, while another has the potential to make it a ‘vaccine maitri’

In the subcontinent, a reboot is being attempted and US is everywhere—Delhi, Islamabad, Kabul

Jyoti Malhotra Jun 24, 2021

The outcome of 24 June talks between Modi and Kashmiri leadership is bound to go a long way in putting ballast into the India-Pakistani back-channel.

Hamid Mir’s defiance of military, ISI and emergence of a new ‘General Rani’ in Pakistan

Jyoti Malhotra Jun 1, 2021

The Pakistani media may never undertake a full-throated challenge to the diktats of the deep state, but sometimes it is angry enough to let out a roar.

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