Pakistan's high-stakes Iran peace bid is fraught with riskPakistan is hosting crucial peace talks between Iran and the United States. This mediation aims to stabilize the global economy and ease te...
09 Apr, 2026, 11.40 PM IST
With little aid, Afghanistan's quakes spell 'inter-generational' crisisDevastating earthquakes in eastern Afghanistan have destroyed homes and livestock, leaving thousands homeless and exacerbating an already d...
11 Sep, 2025, 11.29 AM IST
Anger among Afghan women as face veil edict splits TalibanThe decree by the Taliban's hardline leader Hibaitullah Akhunzada even suggested women shouldn't leave their homes unless necessary and out...
08 May, 2022, 10.31 PM IST
Over 350 individuals including Americans leave from Kabul AirportAfter the Taliban's hostile takeover of Afghanistan on August 15, hundreds of people rushed to the airport, which resulted in several days ...
18 Oct, 2021, 09.40 AM IST
Withdrawal from Afghanistan best decision for America: Joe Biden“I give you my word: With all of my heart, I believe this is the right decision, a wise decision, and the best decision for America,” Biden...
01 Sep, 2021, 08.51 AM IST
As China, Pakistan weigh recognising Taliban, experts warn long-term losses, US ireSince the Taliban's takeover of Kabul on August 15, China and Pakistan have stepped up contacts amidst a sense of their delight over a “hum...
22 Aug, 2021, 03.28 PM IST
Costs of the Afghanistan war, in lives and dollarsAs the Taliban in a lightning offensive recapture much of the country before the United States' Aug. 31 deadline for ending its combat role...
14 Aug, 2021, 07.52 PM IST
Afghan warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's grandson moves on from family's bitter past"We have to let go, we have to choose a point of (new) beginning," Baheer who now teaches a course on transitional justice at the American ...
07 Jul, 2021, 11.54 AM IST
Donald Trump's threat of getting tough on Pakistan not happening: US author Peter BergenIn a sudden move, President Trump last month announced his decision to pull around half of the 14,000 US troops stationed in Afghanistan.
27 Jan, 2019, 02.00 PM IST
USD 1.66 billion in security aid to Pakistan suspended: PentagonThe Pentagon's statement came days after President Trump said that Pakistan does not do "a damn thing" for the US, alleging that its govern...
21 Nov, 2018, 05.49 PM IST
Must address enablers, orchestrators of terrorism: AfghanistanSaikal noted that Afghan President Ghani had in August called Pak's Chief of Army Staff and asked for "serious and practical" measures agai...
15 Sep, 2016, 01.35 PM IST
US asks Pakistan not to discriminate among terroristsState Department Spokesperson Elizabeth Trudeaudrew the attention to what Pakistan Army Chief General Raheel Sharif had said that they woul...
26 Aug, 2016, 08.28 AM IST
Taliban's Afghan offensive enabled by sanctuaries in PakistanTaliban would not be able to mount attacks inside Afghanistan without the presence of their undisturbed sanctuaries inside Pakistan, top Am...
28 Dec, 2015, 12.02 PM IST
India backs Hamid Karzai amid his standoff with USSalman Khurshid, in his speech at the inauguration of Afghanistan's first national agriculture university, backed Karzai and lauded his lea...
15 Feb, 2014, 04.10 PM IST
Indian-American Nisha Desai Biswal nominated for key post in Obama AdministrationUS President Barack Obama has nominated an accomplished Indian-American woman administrator as America's new point person for South Asia to...
19 Jul, 2013, 07.20 PM IST
- Hillary Clinton, Nirupama Rao discuss civil nuclear cooperation, Iran, Afghanistan
This was Rao's first meeting with Clinton after the former foreign secretary assumed the top diplomatic position here late last year.
26 Jan, 2012, 03.29 PM IST
- Obama lays out war strategy, McCain says he's the one who knows "how to win wars"
Democrat Barack Obama laid out a sweeping vision for American foreign policy Tuesday, foremost the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq ...
16 Jul, 2008, 05.51 AM IST