Afghans face 'impossible' race against time to flee KabulFamilies hoping for a miracle crowded between the barbed-wire that surrounds an unofficial no man's land separating the Taliban from US tro...
22 Aug, 2021, 09.55 AM IST
Taliban said to be waiting until after August 31The official, who is not authorised to give information to the media and thus spoke anonymously, says Taliban lead negotiator Anas Haqqani ...
20 Aug, 2021, 05.12 PM IST
Police headquarters falls to Taliban in southern AfghanistanFighting raged in Lashkar Gah, one of Afghanistan's largest cities in the Taliban heartland of Helmand province, where surrounded governmen...
12 Aug, 2021, 10.48 AM IST
Afghan special forces moved in on Taliban, only to find they had melted awayIt also underlined the difficulty in facing an enemy that mixes open assaults on checkpoints, villages, towns and cities with hit-and-run t...
12 Jul, 2021, 04.30 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
Race against time to relocate NATO's Afghan translatorsAfghans who worked for international armed forces face a threatened wave of Taliban reprisals and fear that resettlement plans by alliance ...
09 Jun, 2021, 05.56 PM IST
Afghan troops suffer 'shockingly high' casualties as violence mountsThe Taliban seized Shahrak district of western Ghor province on Monday and forced Afghan troops to retreat to nearby villages after a heavy...
07 Jun, 2021, 04.45 PM IST
Head of Afghan peace council Abdullah Abdullah meets PM Narendra ModiAfghanistan's top peace negotiator Abdullah Abdullah on Thursday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and discussed the ongoing peace initiativ...
08 Oct, 2020, 02.33 PM IST
S Jaishankar attends meeting on Afghan peace processIn a virtual address on Afghan peace negotiations at Doha, Jaishankar said the peace process must promote human rights and democracy, ensur...
12 Sep, 2020, 04.23 PM IST
India welcomes President Ghani's decision to initiate intra-Afghan talksThe announcement by Ghani on formation of the team for intra-Afghan dialogue came weeks after the US inked a historic peace deal with the T...
01 Apr, 2020, 01.51 PM IST
China welcomes US-Taliban deal: Calls for orderly withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan"China welcomes the signing of the deal between the US and the Afghan Taliban. We think it is important to the political settlement of the ...
02 Mar, 2020, 05.35 PM IST
India describes Afghanistan as contiguous neighbour; hopes deal ends terrorMeanwhile Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla visited Afghanistan on 28-29 February. It was his first visit abroad after taking over a...
29 Feb, 2020, 11.32 PM IST
India to attend signing of landmark peace deal between US and Taliban in Doha on SaturdayIndia's Ambassador to Qatar will attend the signing of the landmark peace deal between the US and the Afghan Taliban in Doha on Saturday, o...
27 Feb, 2020, 11.17 PM IST
Qatar invites Pakistan to attend signing of US-Taliban peace dealQatar's ambassador to Pakistan Saqr bin Mubarak, on behalf of the Qatari Foreign Minister, extended an invitation to Foreign Minister Shah ...
25 Feb, 2020, 03.52 PM IST
Pakistan's assessment says Afghanistan could descend into new 'civil war': ReportThe Afghan Grand Council, commonly known as Loya Jirga, convened by President Ashraf Ghani ended on Friday with unanimous calls for peace w...
06 May, 2019, 01.31 PM IST
China mum on reports to be a guarantor for Afghan peace dealChina declined to confirm reports that it is willing to be a "guarantor" along with Pakistan of possible peace deal between Afghanistan and...
24 Jul, 2015, 06.25 PM IST
Pakistan rejects proposal for Taliban office on its soil"Our role will remain that of a facilitator and not a leader...allowing the Taliban to open an office in Pakistan will be contrary to our p...
02 Dec, 2013, 03.52 PM IST