A Taliban delegation attends a UN-led meeting in Qatar on Afghanistan, with women excludedThe Taliban were not invited to the first meeting, and U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said they set unacceptable conditions for at...
30 Jun, 2024, 06.54 PM IST
Taliban slam ‘baseless and biased’ UN report suggesting rifts and conflict within their ranksKey figures, such as the Taliban’s main spokesman, have set up offices in the south of Kandahar. Monumental decrees such as those excluding...
11 Jun, 2023, 05.00 PM IST
Denied education, over 3 million Afghan girls face bleak future: ReportThe ban on the education of Afghan girls and women has resulted in a surge in the risk of early marriage, violence and abuse in the country...
17 Mar, 2023, 09.41 AM IST
India announces 20,000 MTs of wheat assistance to Afghanistan via Chabahar PortIndia offers capacity building courses to Central Asian states to fight drug menace. India also offered capacity building training courses ...
07 Mar, 2023, 09.52 PM IST
India to send 20,000 metric tonnes of wheat to Afghanistan via Chabahar portThe situation in the war-ravaged country came up for extensive deliberations at the first meeting of the India-Central Asia joint working g...
07 Mar, 2023, 09.15 PM IST
Afghan territory must not be used for terrorist activities: India and 5 central Asian countriesLast December, India joined several other leading countries in criticising the Taliban's decision to ban university education for women in ...
07 Mar, 2023, 08.29 PM IST
US slams Taliban for women's NGO jobs ban in AfghanistanThe NGO order came in a letter from Economy Minister Qari Din Mohammed Hanif. It said any organization found not complying with the order w...
25 Dec, 2022, 02.20 PM IST
Taliban asked to prevent territory from spreading terrorThe importance of forming a truly inclusive government in Afghanistan, reflecting the interests of all major ethno-political groups of the ...
18 Nov, 2022, 06.33 AM IST
Afghan economy nears collapse as pressure builds to ease U.S. sanctionsThis month, the World Health Organization warned that about 3.2 million children were likely to suffer from acute malnutrition in Afghanist...
27 Nov, 2021, 10.31 AM IST
Taliban: Women can study in gender-segregated universitiesEducation minister, Abdul Baqi Haqqani, said female university students would be required to wear a hijab but did not elaborate on whether ...
12 Sep, 2021, 09.11 PM IST
Kashmir-focused Pak terror groups in Afghanistan planning to target Indian interests: French think tankThe timing of the publication of the report is significant as India fears a spike in terrorist activities and subsequent instability in Afg...
19 Jun, 2021, 08.09 PM IST
Biden Administration plans to continue elevating defense partnership with India, says Rtd General Austin"If confirmed, my overarching objective for our defense relationship with India would be to continue elevating the partnership," retired Ge...
20 Jan, 2021, 12.32 PM IST
India announces set of development projects for Afghanistan as country prepares for transitionAddressing the two-day Afghanistan 2020 Conference being organized in Geneva Foreign Minister S Jaishankar announced that India had conclud...
24 Nov, 2020, 07.13 PM IST
'Indian recruits of IS using Iran deportation camps for Afghan war'The use of deportation camps in Iran by Indian recruits to ISIS has been disclosed by Nashidul Hamzafar, the first Indian to be sent back f...
12 Nov, 2018, 10.53 AM IST
Russia assures India that it has limited contacts with Taliban'Russia makes a significant contribution to the collective fight against terrorism in Afghanistan.'
12 Jul, 2018, 10.54 PM IST
MHA launches online security clearance for visas to attend conferencesVarious officials involved in the process can access the online application and documents and take a proper decision to facilitate the orga...
03 May, 2018, 09.27 AM IST
Afghanistan pushes business ties with India through trade fairAfghan jewelry collection are vibrant at the stalls and spells out a paradigm shift where women hold a prominent place to alter attitudes i...
17 Nov, 2017, 02.21 PM IST