39 killed as Afghanistan battles heavy rains, snowfallJanan Sayeq, spokesman for the Ministry of Disaster Management, stated that thousands of livestock have also perished due to the snowfall.
05 Mar, 2024, 08.47 AM IST
Death toll in Afghan mosque bombing rises to 33: TalibanNo one immediately claimed responsibility, but Afghanistan's Islamic State affiliate on Friday claimed a series of bombings that happened a...
23 Apr, 2022, 10.46 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
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
How will the Taliban rule? Here’s the early evidenceTo some extent, the world already knows how that will work, because the Taliban have been essentially controlling parts of Afghanistan for ...
18 Aug, 2021, 10.25 AM IST
Taliban capture Mazar-e-Sharif, 4th largest Afghan cityBalkh lawmaker Abas Ebrahimzada said the province's national army corps surrendered first, which prompted the pro-government militias and o...
14 Aug, 2021, 11.23 PM IST
Afghanistan: Old warhorse Rashid Dostum to lead fight against Taliban in the northThe development comes as Taliban has captured several provincial capitals, including many in the north, over the past week, putting enormou...
13 Aug, 2021, 09.52 AM IST
As cities fall in Afghanistan, the propaganda war growsIn three days, at least five provincial capitals have been seized by the Taliban, in a ruthless land offensive that has led many local offi...
09 Aug, 2021, 04.32 PM IST
Taliban gains drive Afghan government to recruit militiasThe Taliban gains are significant because of the transportation routes they provide the insurgents. But equally significant is that the nor...
25 Jun, 2021, 01.54 PM IST
Former Afghan president says US failed in war-torn countryIn an interview with The Associated Press just weeks before the last US and NATO troops leave Afghanistan, ending their forever war, Hamid ...
20 Jun, 2021, 05.59 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
Afghan troops suffer 'shockingly high' casualties as violence mountsThe Taliban seized Shahrak district of western Ghor province on Monday and forced Afghan troops to retreat to nearby villages after a heavy...
07 Jun, 2021, 04.45 PM IST
Afghan forces suffer 14 deaths, 37 taken hostage after clashes with TalibanAccording to the Afghan news outlet, Talibs attacked a police station in Qaisar district in the Faryab province on Saturday night. The sour...
06 Jun, 2021, 06.25 PM IST
Prison doctors among five killed in Kabul bombingThe blast happened in a southern district of the city as the doctors travelled to the Pul-e-Charkhi prison where they worked, Kabul police ...
22 Dec, 2020, 03.08 PM IST
Indians among ISIL-K foreign fighters who surrendered to Afghan authorities: UN reportThe UN Security Council's 1267 Al Qaeda Sanctions Committee in May last year blacklisted Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant-Khorasan (ISI...
03 Feb, 2020, 03.19 PM IST
AQIS 'ideologically inclined' to carry out attacks in India says UN reportThe report said that Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent is "relatively isolated owing to increased security measures within the wider regi...
14 Aug, 2018, 11.35 AM IST
Gunfights after resurgent Taliban threaten new Afghan cityAfghan forces repelled the brazen assault yesterday, but it rang security alarm bells as the largely rural insurgency threatens large citie...
13 Oct, 2015, 02.57 PM IST