Top US lawmakers assail Taliban over announcement of interim govt"President Biden still clings to an insane fantasy that the Taliban is kinder and gentler. It's nonsense," said Senator Ben Sasse, a member...
08 Sep, 2021, 11.14 AM IST
View: What the new Taliban Government in Afghanistan signifiesThe road ahead is not easy. In the current situation, Afghanistan is slowly becoming a country where there is no food, but guns are in abun...
08 Sep, 2021, 10.31 AM IST
Once wanted terrorists, now Taliban are prominent members of 2021Prominent Taliban members, who are against women rights and are extremists, were hunted down for 20 years by world best intelligence agenci...
28 Aug, 2021, 03.37 PM IST
After two decades of fighting Taliban, U.S. is uneasy partners with themDuring the Trump administration, the United States sought direct peace talks with the Taliban in hopes of ending the conflict. Zalmay Khali...
28 Aug, 2021, 08.25 AM IST
View: Why is Taliban so important to Middle East regimes?Saudi Arabia had been, with the UAE and Pakistan, one of the three countries that had recognised the Taliban government in 1990s so that wa...
21 Aug, 2021, 05.29 PM IST
Who's who in the Taliban leadershipThe inner workings and leadership of the group have long been shrouded in secrecy -- even during their rule from 1996 to 2001 -- but here i...
21 Aug, 2021, 03.44 PM IST
Donald Trump delivered on some big 2016 promises, but others unmetIt's a theme that will play a major role in the upcoming Republican National Convention, as the president tries to convince a weary nation ...
23 Aug, 2020, 09.38 PM IST
Taliban hold talks with US envoy in QatarThe talks are aimed at renewing the Afghan peace process and eventually winding down America's longest war.
18 Nov, 2018, 05.00 PM IST
Qatar crisis: Ministry of External Affairs worried about 6.5 lakh IndiansForeign minister Sushma Swaraj said, "It's an internal matter of Gulf Coordination Council. Our only concern is about Indians there."
06 Jun, 2017, 10.35 AM IST
Qatar-Saudi Arabia rift 'internal', our only concern is for Indians living there, says Sushma SwarajThe govt's response is surprising given that at last count there are over 650K Indian nationals living and working in Qatar, who outnumber ...
05 Jun, 2017, 10.05 PM IST
US does not consider Afghan Taliban as a 'terrorist' outfitWhen asked for a second time whether the Taliban is a terrorist group, he replied, "I don't think that the Taliban, - the Taliban is an arm...
29 Jan, 2015, 06.04 PM IST
US does not consider Afghan Taliban as a 'terrorist' outfitIt called the Islamic State as a "terrorist" group, drawing a controversial distinction between the two outfits.
29 Jan, 2015, 03.35 PM IST
US says Taliban 'armed insurgency', ISIL 'terrorist' groupISIL or IS is an al-Qaeda splinter group and it has seized hundreds of square miles in Iraq and Syria, declaring an Islamic Caliphate.
29 Jan, 2015, 03.14 PM IST
No one should doubt capacity of US to protect Americans: John KerryKerry today said that no one should doubt the capacity of the US to protect Americans, as he defended the swap of five Guantanamo detainees...
08 Jun, 2014, 09.18 PM IST
There was urgency to get Bowe Bergdahl released: USThe US has said there was a greater sense of urgency to get Sergeant Bowe Bergdahl released from Taliban's captivity because his life was a...
06 Jun, 2014, 11.53 AM IST