Taliban fire in the air to control crowd at Kabul airportSky News showed footage of soldiers standing on a wall on Saturday attempting to pull the injured out from the crush and spraying people wi...
22 Aug, 2021, 04.45 PM IST
Australia must admit its involvement in Afghanistan has been an abject failureAll these gains are now in peril as the newly re-installed Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan looks set to return women to obscurity and chatte...
22 Aug, 2021, 10.01 AM IST
How Joe Biden made a mistake by pulling US troops out of AfghanistanIt’s hard to take the statement seriously given the weak and flawed peace agreement on which the high-minded envoys are trying to ‘build ba...
28 Jul, 2021, 10.09 AM IST
View: As US, allies leave Afghanistan, Taliban makes rapid stridesThe rampaging Taliban have notched up some quick victories due to inability of Afghan National Security and Defence Forces (ANDSF) to fight...
21 Jun, 2021, 06.45 AM IST
Australia accused of 'excessive and unnecessary' secrecyLast week, a former Australian spy was convicted over his unconfirmed role as a whistleblower who revealed an espionage operation against t...
20 Jun, 2021, 12.06 PM IST
Australia to close embassy in Afghanistan over security fearsThe Taliban, which has ramped up violence across the country in recent weeks, reacted by saying it would provide a "safe environment" to fo...
25 May, 2021, 04.02 PM IST
Australia reverses decision to withhold medals from veteransAustralian Defense Chief Angus Campbell had decided to take citations from more than 3,000 special forces troops after a military report re...
19 Apr, 2021, 05.18 PM IST
New Zealand joins Australia in denouncing China's tweetNew Zealand has joined Australia in denouncing a graphic tweet posted by a Chinese official that shows a fake image of a grinning Australia...
01 Dec, 2020, 10.40 AM IST
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison calls China's graphic tweet 'repugnant'The graphic image was posted Monday by Zhao Lijian, a spokesperson for China's foreign ministry. It shows a grinning soldier holding a bloo...
30 Nov, 2020, 11.34 AM IST
Australian special forces unlawfully killed 39 people in Afghanistan: Military reportThe four-year inquiry by NSW Court Of Appeal Justice Paul Brereton found there was "credible information" of 23 incidents where Australian ...
19 Nov, 2020, 12.04 PM IST
EAM S.Jaishankar meets US peace envoy for Afghanistan, Saudi counterpart in MunichThe external affairs minister also met Australian and Singaporean defence ministers Linda Reynolds and Ng Eng Hen, respectively, and said I...
16 Feb, 2020, 08.20 AM IST
Trump announces resumption of peace talks with Afghan Taliban"Yes," Trump said when asked to confirm whether the US had restarted discussions with the Taliban. "The Taliban wants to make a deal and we...
29 Nov, 2019, 12.43 PM IST
Pakistan is supporting IS-Khorasan in Afghanistan: Srinjoy BoseSrinjoy Bose, currently visiting research fellow at Australian National University, served as an international election observer during the...
19 Jun, 2017, 11.09 AM IST
- Australia to shut down its main military base in Afghanistan
Australia to shut down its main military base in Afghanistan, a move that will allow most of its troops to come back home by the year end.
26 Mar, 2013, 11.47 AM IST
- India thanks Australian PM on uranium supply issue
India thanked Julia Gillard for taking a "political risk" by deciding to positively reverse a long-term policy of not supplying uranium to ...
17 Oct, 2012, 05.16 PM IST
- Australia asks Zardari to focus on terrorism
Australia today welcomed the "peaceful outcome of democratic and parliamentary process" in Pakistan, which elected Asif Ali Zardari as the ...
07 Sep, 2008, 03.30 PM IST
- US, Australia press Pakistan on Afghan border security
The United States and Australia on Friday urged Pakistan to do more to control militant activity in its border areas to stem the growing in...
25 Jul, 2008, 12.05 PM IST