Before pullout, watchdog warned of Afghan air force collapseBiden announced in April that the last 2,500-3,500 U.S. troops would leave along with NATO's 7,500 troops, following a deal reached with th...
18 Jan, 2022, 01.54 PM IST
Pakistan, India inch closer towards deal on Afghan wheat transit:ReportBoth countries have agreed to the modalities, and the shipment of wheat would commence once Pakistan approves the list of Afghan contractor...
30 Dec, 2021, 05.02 PM IST
Google locks Afghan government accounts as Taliban seek emails: SourceIn the weeks since the Taliban's swift takeover of Afghanistan from a U.S.-backed government, reports have highlighted how biometric and Af...
04 Sep, 2021, 11.11 AM IST
Afghans race to flee Taliban after Biden confirms airlift deadlineMore than 70,000 people have already been evacuated, but huge crowds remain outside Kabul airport hoping to flee the threat of reprisals an...
25 Aug, 2021, 11.55 AM IST
Afghan woman in limbo at Kabul airport after Taliban sweepIn one world, the 22-year-old would board a flight to a country she did not know, destined to become a refugee. In another, she would stay ...
18 Aug, 2021, 11.12 AM IST
America pays four billion dollars to Afghan forces; Who is watching?Nearly $83 billion has been spent to build, equip, train and sustain Afghanistan's National Defense and Security Forces, which include the ...
28 Jul, 2021, 12.39 PM IST
Afghan pilots assassinated by Taliban as United States withdrawsThis series of targeted killings, which haven't been previously reported, illustrate what U.S. and Afghan officials believe is a deliberate...
09 Jul, 2021, 05.12 PM IST
Pentagon seeks to soften blow of United States withdrawal from Afghanistan“Our leaving does not end the war. It just ends the American involvement,” said John Allen, a retired four-star Marine Corps general who co...
05 Jul, 2021, 12.25 PM IST
View: As Taliban surges, Biden wants to show he isn't abandoning AfghanistanGhani reportedly wanted to come by himself, but was overruled. Afghan unity is critical, but many leaders seem to resent Ghani more than th...
23 Jun, 2021, 08.52 AM IST
United States to hand Bagram base to Afghan forces in 20 days, says officialThe vast base, built by the Soviets in the 1980s, is the biggest military facility used by US and NATO forces in Afghanistan, with tens of ...
02 Jun, 2021, 05.16 PM IST
Britain to accelerate relocation for Afghan staffUnder Britain's relocation scheme for former and current Afghan staff, many of whom served as translators, over 1,300 workers and their fam...
31 May, 2021, 04.16 PM IST
Explained: Much about US pullout from Afghanistan is unclearWhat would the United States do, for example, if the Taliban took advantage of the US military departure by seizing power? And, can the Uni...
24 May, 2021, 03.27 PM IST
US pullout from Afghanistan at least 13% complete: PentagonThe US withdrawal from Afghanistan is between 13 percent and 20 percent complete, the Pentagon's Central Command said on Tuesday, as it pus...
18 May, 2021, 10.30 PM IST
United States to send reinforcements to protect withdrawal from AfghanistanMcKenzie repeated US military concerns that the withdrawal could allow the Taliban to advance, after President Joe Biden last week announce...
23 Apr, 2021, 02.56 PM IST
US wasted billions on cars, buildings in Afghanistan: ReportThe agency said it reviewed $7.8 billion spent since 2008 on buildings and vehicles. Only $343.2 million worth of buildings and vehicles "w...
01 Mar, 2021, 01.53 PM IST
US-Taliban agreement portends several challenges for IndiaStrengthened India-US counter-terrorism cooperation has pertinence essentially in the Pakistan-Afghanistan context, which the US-Taliban ag...
05 Mar, 2020, 07.55 AM IST
Afghan companies with insurgent ties pose challenge for USThe contractors had collectively been awarded more than $150 million in work for the American-led coalition over a 10-year period.
13 Nov, 2013, 10.51 PM IST