Taliban marks Afghan independence as challenges to rule rise"Fortunately, today we are celebrating the anniversary of independence from Britain," the Taliban said. "We at the same time as a result of...
19 Aug, 2021, 12.35 PM IST
Afghan Defence Minister urges Interpol to arrest Ashraf Ghani for treason"Those trading and selling out their motherland should be punished and arrested," Mohammadi wrote on Twitter, adding hashtag #InterpolArres...
18 Aug, 2021, 06.25 PM IST
In Taliban's seven-day march to power, a stunning string of winsIn just a week, militants won city after city, toppled the government and grabbed the grand prize of Kabul. Even for a country scarred by g...
18 Aug, 2021, 11.21 AM IST
Taliban to declare Islamic Emirate of AfghanistanThe Taliban, who for hours had been on the outskirts of Kabul, announced soon after they would move further into a city gripped by panic wh...
15 Aug, 2021, 10.32 PM IST
US vows to isolate Taliban if they take power by forceZalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. envoy, traveled to Doha, Qatar, where the Taliban maintain a political office, to tell the group that there was ...
10 Aug, 2021, 10.22 PM IST
Hamid Karzai echoes India; advises Taliban to focus on politically negotiated settlement“I want this confrontation to be political, not military. They must agree to that or they will be defeated. The Afghan people will rise aga...
05 Aug, 2021, 09.54 AM IST
Attack targeting acting Afghan defense minister left eight deadThe blast went off late Tuesday in a heavily guarded upscale neighborhood of the capital of Kabul. It was followed by a gun battle that als...
04 Aug, 2021, 02.34 PM IST
Blast in Afghan capital as Taliban battle government forces in south, westThe blast near a National Directorate of Security compound came hours after a car bomb and clashes near Kabul's diplomatic district, in whi...
04 Aug, 2021, 01.13 PM IST
View: India and US must wholeheartedly back those who're standing up to the TalibanThis myth of a Pakistan-floated idea of a ‘good, reasonable Taliban’ has crash-landed. Afghan soldiers, and scores of interpreters, already...
27 Jul, 2021, 11.44 PM IST
Afghan defence minister says 'war is raging' with Taliban"We recognize that the war is raging and we are in a very sensitive military situation," Mohammadi said, hours after the Taliban launched t...
07 Jul, 2021, 03.46 PM IST
Afghan president replaces two top ministers, army chief as violence growsSince the United States announced plans in April to pull out all of its troops by Sept. 11, at least 30 districts have been seized by the T...
20 Jun, 2021, 03.50 PM IST
- Haqqani network behind brazen Kabul attacks: Afghan interior minister
The Pakistan-based Haqqani network is suspected to have carried out the brazen suicide attacks on western embassies and Parliament here, th...
16 Apr, 2012, 03.02 PM IST