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Pain for Pakistan: History makes a U-turn in India's neighbourhoodRussia and the Taliban have signed a significant military cooperation agreement. This pact alters regional security dynamics. Pakistan's st...- Why Pakistan backstabs the US, and always gets away with itFor decades, the US grappled with Pakistan's dual role as a terror war ally and a supporter of militant groups. Despite accusations of shel...
- Islamists from Syria in Afghanistan raises alarm bells in region and IndiaSyrian Islamists of Central Asian origin, previously involved in the Syrian conflict, have been located in Afghanistan, raising concerns am...
- Russia scraps Taliban's 'terror' label amid warming tiesRussia's Supreme Court has removed the Taliban's designation as a terrorist organization, signaling a shift towards closer ties with Afghan...
- Bomb kills six at Pakistan Islamic seminary, wounds son of late Taliban doyenA bomb explosion at Darul Uloom Haqqania seminary in northwestern Pakistan killed six during Friday prayers. The blast wounded several, inc...
- Islamists from Tajikistan gain prominence in new Syrian governmentThreats from radicals in Tajikistan are emerging as a potential challenge for both Afghanistan and India, with Saifiddin Tadjiboev, now a c...
- Taliban trying to obtain tactical nuclear weapon, claims former Afghan spy chief. Here is what we knowFormer Afghan spy chief Rahmatullah Nabil said that the Taliban has reached greater strategic depths and they have access to the most sophi...
- US designates 4 leaders of AQIS, TTP as global terroristsThe terrorists who were designated on Thursday were Osama Mehmood, the emir of al-Qaeda in Indian Subcontinent (AQIS), Atif Yahya Ghouri, t...
- Afghanistan: One year since the Taliban takeoverIn August, the Islamists accelerate their campaign, seizing a string of cities in a lightning 10-day sweep across the country that culminat...
- Taliban order Afghan girls' schools shut hours after reopeningCrestfallen students, back in class for the first time since the Taliban seized power in August last year, tearfully packed up their belong...
- Afghanistan's tumultuous year and uncertain futureThe Taliban's astonishing return to power caught everyone on the wrong foot -- not least the hardline Islamists themselves -- and Afghans a...
- Rise of Taliban adversely affecting South Asia: ReportAccording to the report, earlier this week, radical Islamists clashed with the police while en route to Pakistan's capital city. These riot...
- Who is Mullah Hasan Akhund? What does the Taliban's choice of interim PM mean for Afghanistan?Mullah Akhund is a fascinating but relatively enigmatic figure in the Taliban. He has been an influential figure in Afghanistan since the i...
- UN-blacklisted Akhund to head Afghanistan govtHailing from the spiritual Taliban heartland of Kandahar, Akhund served as governor of the key province during the group’s brutal first rei...
- Taliban fire shots to disperse protest in KabulThe Islamists have yet to announce a government, but Afghans -- fearful of a repeat of the group's previous brutal reign between 1996 and 2...
- 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...
- Afghan forces retake provincial capital Qala-e-Naw after Taliban incursion: Defence ministryThe ministry said 69 Taliban fighters had been killed in fresh operations on the edge of Qala-e-Naw - the first major provincial capital en...
- US drone attack kills 14 in Pakistan: OfficialsUS drones fired a barrage of 12 missiles, killing 14 militants.
- Taliban aims to take over nuclear armed Pakistan: ReportWarning that Islamist extremists were aiming to gain control over nuclear armed Pakistan, US media has told the Obama Administration that g...
- Swat violence reveals fallacy of peace dealExternal affairs minister Pranab Mukherjee has said that Pakistan’s ceasefire deal with the Taliban was a matter of concern for India.
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