Kabul keen on air services between Delhi & KandaharAmidst ongoing economic challenges, Afghanistan's Taliban-led government has put forth a proposal to India for reinstating air courier serv...
25 Nov, 2025, 01.32 AM IST
Women not wearing hijab 'trying to look like animals', say Taliban postersSince seizing power in August, the Taliban have imposed harsh restrictions on Afghan women, rolling back the marginal gains they made durin...
16 Jun, 2022, 06.21 PM IST
Afghans intrigued at 'being sold out' as cities handed over to Taliban"I never imagined that Kandahar would be taken so easily," she said echoing a sentiment made by Afghans across the country when the Taliban...
15 Aug, 2021, 06.41 PM IST
Taliban launch multi-pronged assault on Mazar-e-Sharif, in North AfghanistanMunir Ahmad Farhad, a spokesman for the provincial governor in northern Balkh province, said the Taliban attacked the city from several dir...
14 Aug, 2021, 12.37 PM IST
Explainer: A short history of Taliban and its originsThe Taliban's rapid sweep comes in the light of US withdrawing its troops from Afghanistan ending its two-decade long war on terror.
13 Aug, 2021, 01.15 PM IST
Big test for Ghani govt as Taliban launches simultaneous attacks on Kandahar, HeratThe Afghan government, as a result of the offensive, deployed hundreds of special forces on Sunday as the Taliban advanced to capture the c...
02 Aug, 2021, 09.13 AM IST
Thousands of Afghan families flee fighting in former Taliban bastionSince early May, violence has surged across several provinces including in Kandahar after the insurgents launched a sweeping offensive just...
25 Jul, 2021, 03.57 PM IST
Taliban surround central Afghan city of Ghazni: Officials"The situation in Ghazni city is very critical...the Taliban use civilian houses as hideouts and fire upon the ANDSF (Afghan security force...
13 Jul, 2021, 02.33 PM IST
Afghan forces repel Taliban assault on provincial capital, governor Abdullah Qarluq saysMore than a dozen Taliban fighters were killed in air strikes by the Afghan Air Force on hideouts on the outskirts of Takhar's provincial c...
13 Jul, 2021, 09.09 AM IST
Afghan special forces moved in on Taliban, only to find they had melted awayIt also underlined the difficulty in facing an enemy that mixes open assaults on checkpoints, villages, towns and cities with hit-and-run t...
12 Jul, 2021, 04.30 PM IST
India evacuates diplomats, security personnel from Kandahar as Taliban captures new areas"However, due to the intense fighting near Kandahar city, India-based personnel have been brought back for the time being. I want to emphas...
12 Jul, 2021, 12.23 PM IST
India didn’t use Pakistani airspace while evacuating personnel from Kandahar consulateThe Indian embassy has asked all Indians visiting, staying and working in Afghanistan to exercise the utmost caution and avoid all non-esse...
11 Jul, 2021, 10.23 PM IST
- Advani is a 'dishonest PM-in-waiting': Cong
In a scathing attack on L K Advani, Congress alleged that the BJP leader was a "dishonest PM-in-waiting" while questioning his statements o...
18 Apr, 2009, 04.52 PM IST
- At least three dead after Kandahar blast
At least three people were killed and 39 in a suspected bomb blast in Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar.
12 Nov, 2008, 02.55 PM IST
- Taliban kill Afghanistan's most high-profile policewoman
Taliban militants shot dead the most high-profile female police officer in Afghanistan Sunday and killed four more policemen in other attac...
28 Sep, 2008, 09.57 PM IST
- Blasts rock Kandahar police headquarters
Two explosions rocked the police headquarters in Afghanistan's insurgency-hit southern province of Kandahar on Sunday, apparently causing c...
07 Sep, 2008, 03.26 PM IST
- 15 killed in Afghan suicide blast
A suicide attack on US convoy in southern Afghanistan kills 15 people, including 11 civilians.
18 Aug, 2007, 02.26 PM IST