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Indians pick Paris as top destination

PARIS has emerged as the top destination in Europe for Indian travellers, closely followed by London, according to a British Airways survey released last Tuesday (28).

As many as 24 per cent of Indian travellers picked Paris as the top destination in Europe, while 20 per cent respondents chose London, the Travel Habits Survey by British Airways showed.


Nearly half the Indian participants were inspired to visit the UK because of James Bond, while 42 per cent and 34 per cent said their travel inspirations were Harry Potter and Sherlock Holmes

films, respectively.

The availability of fun activities for the family was key to their choices for many.

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Taliban security personnel inspect the site after Pakistani airstrikes hit the Secondary Rehabilitation Services Centre in Kabul on March 17, 2026.

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More than 370 Afghan civilians killed in cross-border conflict with Pakistan: UN

AT LEAST 372 Afghan civilians were killed in conflict between Afghan government forces and Pakistan in the first three months of 2026, according to a United Nations report released on Tuesday. More than half of the deaths were linked to airstrikes on a drug rehabilitation facility in Kabul.

Relations between Islamabad and Kabul have remained tense since the Taliban returned to power in 2021 and escalated into what Pakistan’s defence minister described in February as “open war”.

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