The Afghan valley proud of its young suicide bombersAccording to a report by the United Nation's mission in Afghanistan, in 2019 alone there were 1,499 civilian casualties from suicide attack...
08 Jun, 2023, 01.59 PM IST
Pakistan-backed `jihadis' will re-route from Afghanistan to Kashmir, EFSAS to UNJunaid Qureshi, the Director of EFSAS and a Kashmiri drew the Council's attention to the grave situation in Afghanistan and the ramificatio...
28 Sep, 2021, 12.16 PM IST
Why India must be watchful against the ‘Islamic State vs Taliban’ narrativeThe speed with which US sources have been blaming the Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) — the self-proclaimed branch of IS active in the Khoras...
27 Aug, 2021, 11.41 PM IST
The Afghan war: Mr Biden, you did start the fire, it wasn't always burningVolumes of research on how the CIA helped to form, finance and create safe havens for non-Afghan jihadi groups in its war against communism...
21 Aug, 2021, 11.00 PM IST
View: How Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan will impact India depends on its treatment of its people and JihadistsAn attendant problem is that jihadists from around the world, enthused by the re-establishment of the Emirate and the defeat of the US empi...
17 Aug, 2021, 10.44 AM IST
Dhaka "carefully observing" Afghan situation; speculation on Bangla extremists joining TalibanThe brutal war in Afghanistan reached a watershed moment on Sunday when the Taliban insurgents closed in on Kabul before entering the city ...
16 Aug, 2021, 10.33 PM IST
Some Afghans blame neighbouring Pakistan for Taliban gainsWhile analysts say Pakistan's leverage is often overstated, it does permit the Taliban leadership on its territory and its wounded warriors...
12 Aug, 2021, 02.59 PM IST
View: Twenty years later, the Taliban are more confident, and the West weaker in its resolveLast Friday, US President Joe Biden was a casualty of a sub-editor’s creative ingenuity. Reporting his much-awaited announcement on Afghani...
11 Jul, 2021, 10.12 AM IST
Pakistan's 'university of jihad', Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary, proud of Taliban alumniThe Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary has churned out a who's who of Taliban top brass -- including many now on the hardline group's negotiatin...
17 Nov, 2020, 03.05 PM IST
Afghan civil society groups target Pakistan Army at UNHRC session in GenevaAddressing the 42nd session of UNHRC, Bilal Sarway called the Afghan insurgent group Haqqani Network as the "veritable arm" of Pakistan's I...
20 Sep, 2019, 09.23 PM IST
Afghan Taliban announces death of Jalaluddin HaqqaniHaqqani belonged to Afghanistan's Paktika province, bordering Pakistan, and rose to prominence during the Afghan war against Soviet forces ...
04 Sep, 2018, 07.59 PM IST
US contributed to decades of instability in Pakistan, region: Sartaj AzizUS created "holy warriors" in Pakistan's tribal areas during the "Afghan jihad" and then left them as soon as the war was over, Aziz said.
18 Jan, 2016, 10.45 PM IST
Osama's ex-aide urges British Muslims not to join ISISA former aide of Osama bin Laden has appealed to British Muslims not to join Islamic State for the so-called jihad in Syria.
30 Aug, 2015, 04.32 PM IST
Pakistan court rejects Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi bail plea in abduction caseA lower court here admitted on January 9 Lakhvi's application in the abduction case of Anwer Khan, an Afghan national, registered against h...
13 Feb, 2015, 05.06 PM IST
Asim Umar, head of al-Qaeda's India unit: All you need to knowThe creation of the group called "Qaedat al-Jihad in the Indian Subcontinent" was announced in a video by the groups's leader Ayman al Zawa...
04 Sep, 2014, 04.46 PM IST
ISIS trying to expand influence in PakistanThe militant outfit is distributing pamphlets in Peshawar and border provinces of Afghanistan, seeking support for jihad.
03 Sep, 2014, 03.21 PM IST
- Sharif knew about Kargil misadventure
Former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif was aware of the situation in Kargil in 1999 through the then Defence Secretary who had briefed him on t...
14 Jun, 2008, 11.45 AM IST