Pakistani, Afghan security forces clash at closed main border crossingPakistani and Afghan security forces clashed at the Torkham border crossing, resulting in one Taliban fighter's death and injuries to other...
03 Mar, 2025, 07.06 PM IST
Positive development: India on move to return private land to Hindu, Sikh minorities in AfghanistanIndia welcomed the Taliban regime's decision to restore private land rights to Afghan Hindus and Sikh minorities, describing it as a positi...
12 Apr, 2024, 08.55 PM IST
Taliban's decrees on Afghan women cost country over USD 1 billion annuallyUS special envoy for Afghan women, Rina Amiri, highlighted that the Taliban's restrictions on women in Afghanistan cost the nation over $1 ...
11 Mar, 2024, 01.29 PM IST
Foreign aid drops sharply as Taliban abuses jeopardise the Afghan health system, group saysHuman Rights Watch has reported that Afghanistan's public health system has been severely impacted by a sharp reduction in foreign assistan...
12 Feb, 2024, 01.52 PM IST
US and Taliban make progress on Afghan reserves, but big gaps remainSignificant differences between the sides remain, however, according to two of the sources, including the Taliban's refusal to replace the ...
26 Jul, 2022, 01.46 PM IST
Taliban, Western officials meet for talks in OsloThomas West, the US special representative for Afghanistan, tweeted on Sunday: "As we seek to address humanitarian crisis together with all...
24 Jan, 2022, 09.43 AM IST
Afghanistan's tumultuous year and uncertain futureThe Taliban's astonishing return to power caught everyone on the wrong foot -- not least the hardline Islamists themselves -- and Afghans a...
27 Dec, 2021, 09.16 AM IST
Afghanistan on verge of socio-economic collapse, EU's top diplomat saysAfghanistan is facing a breakdown of its economic and social systems that risks turning into a humanitarian catastrophe, the European Union...
03 Oct, 2021, 04.49 PM IST
Ahead of G7 leaders meet on Afghanistan, China says sanctions against Taliban not productiveAhead of the meeting, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who will chair the emergency G7 virtual meet to coordinate international respon...
24 Aug, 2021, 05.10 PM IST
Afghanistan chaos gut wrenching but I stand by my decision, says a defiant Joe BidenDespite declaring "the buck stops with me" - Biden placed almost all blame on Afghans for the shockingly rapid Taliban conquest.
17 Aug, 2021, 09.13 AM IST
All Afghan sections must be protected: India to QatarThe visit underscores the role that Qatar plays in the settlement of the Afghan impasse. The Taliban have set up their office in Doha, and ...
07 Aug, 2021, 10.00 PM IST
Taliban surge poses 'existential crisis': US watchdog SIGARThe SIGAR report makes clear that the Doha agreement, instead of propelling Taliban-Kabul talks, unleashed an offensive that caught governm...
29 Jul, 2021, 03.48 PM IST
View: India and Russia at an Afghan crossroadsSince then, India’s and Russia’s roads in Afghanistan parted and the convergence of views disappeared into the blue. Moscow’s approach to t...
25 Jul, 2021, 04.25 PM IST
Afghan government says it retakes Pakistan border crossing from Taliban, latter disagreesTaliban fighters captured the Spin Boldak-Chaman border post on Wednesday, the second most important crossing on the border with Pakistan a...
15 Jul, 2021, 05.21 PM IST
Russia tells 'hypocritical' Afghan government to negotiate with Taliban"It's hypocrisy. It's an attempt to close their eyes to the reality which exists and these are empty words," Kabulov told RIA when talking ...
14 Jul, 2021, 06.01 PM IST
In Tehran talks, Iran offers help to resolve Afghan crisisShi’ite Muslim Iran has been a foe of the hardline Sunni Muslim Taliban for decades, but for the past few years it has been openly meeting ...
07 Jul, 2021, 02.31 PM IST
More than 1,000 Afghan troops flee Taliban into Tajikistan"They did not want to surrender. They had asked for reinforcements but their call was ignored," said Abdul Basir, a soldier based with a ba...
05 Jul, 2021, 04.41 PM IST