Pakistan to hold talks with Afghanistan in Qatar after latest strikesPakistan and Afghan Taliban delegations are set to meet in Doha on Saturday after Islamabad carried out air strikes inside Afghanistan that...
18 Oct, 2025, 12.13 PM IST
Police in Afghanistan accuse Pakistan of cross-border strikes after ceasefire endsPakistan conducted strikes in southeastern Afghanistan following the expiration of a two-day ceasefire, hitting Paktika province and areas ...
18 Oct, 2025, 12.22 AM IST
Afghanistan kills 58 Pakistani soldiers: Why the two Islamic nations are fighting as Afghan foreign minister visits IndiaPakistan-Afghanistan war: Taliban forces claim to have killed 58 Pakistani soldiers and captured 25 border posts in overnight clashes along...
13 Oct, 2025, 10.59 AM IST
Taliban slam ‘baseless and biased’ UN report suggesting rifts and conflict within their ranksKey figures, such as the Taliban’s main spokesman, have set up offices in the south of Kandahar. Monumental decrees such as those excluding...
11 Jun, 2023, 05.00 PM IST
Taliban, Western officials meet for talks in OsloThomas West, the US special representative for Afghanistan, tweeted on Sunday: "As we seek to address humanitarian crisis together with all...
24 Jan, 2022, 09.43 AM IST
Friction among Taliban pragmatists, hard-liners intensifiesBaradar served as the chief negotiator during talks between the Taliban and the United States that paved the way for the US troop withdrawa...
16 Sep, 2021, 04.10 PM 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
Where is the Taliban's supreme leader?Hibatullah Akhundzada -- the so-called commander of the faithful -- has shepherded the Taliban as its chief since 2016 when snatched from r...
28 Aug, 2021, 10.52 AM IST
Official Taliban websites go offline, though reasons unknownThe websites' disappearance may just be temporary as the Taliban secures new hosting arrangements. But the reported removal of the WhatsApp...
21 Aug, 2021, 10.34 AM IST
Will decide on recognising Taliban regime in Afghanistan only after government formation: China"China's position on the Afghan issue is consistent and clear," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told a media briefing answer...
18 Aug, 2021, 03.57 PM IST
The Taliban’s leaders: Worldly and ‘inclusive’ or ruthless ideologues?These are the top leaders of the Taliban, men who have spent years on the run, in hiding, in jail and dodging U.S. drones. They are emergin...
18 Aug, 2021, 12.17 PM IST
Taliban promise peace, but doubt and fear persistThis month, after outlasting a superpower, the Taliban walked to control on a road paved with mass surrenders. The question now is how magn...
18 Aug, 2021, 10.57 AM IST
Taliban seize district on outskirts of Afghan capitalZabihullah Mujahid, a spokesman for the Taliban, said the insurgents had captured the area on Tuesday, adding that their fighters had seize...
12 May, 2021, 04.37 PM IST
As United States prepared exit, Taliban protected foreign bases, but killed AfghansSince United States struck a deal with the Taliban in February 2020, paving the way for America to end its longest war, there have been no ...
30 Apr, 2021, 06.23 PM IST
Delhi stands with Dhaka as it punishes war criminalsDespite reservations expressed by the US and international human rights groups, Bangladesh last week hanged two opposition members.
25 Nov, 2015, 12.42 PM IST
Mullah Omar family members may decline top Taliban positionsThe Taliban last week launched a major operation in Zabul province of Afghanistan, killing several members of the new breakaway faction.
23 Nov, 2015, 02.35 PM IST
Taliban leader Mullah Omar hiding in Pak: Afghan spy chiefAn European official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said in the NYT report that there is a consensus that Mullah Omar is alive.
29 Dec, 2014, 02.50 PM IST