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India keeps close eye as outlawed Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan attempts resurgenceIndia is closely monitoring the resurgence of the radical Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan (IMU) along Afghanistan’s borders with Uzbekistan ...- Ex-Afghan strongmen plan negotiations with TalibanA group of veteran Afghan leaders, including two regional strongmen with links with India, are exploring ways of holding talks with the Tal...
- View: Why there was no Northern Alliance 2.0 this time in AfghanistanThe Alliance, a concoction of tribal leaders and warlords held out in the northern parts of Afghanistan against the Taliban more than 25 ye...
- Afghan forces surrender Bagram air base to TalibanBagram district chief Darwaish Raufi said Sunday that the surrender handed the one-time American base over to the insurgents.
- Helicopters land at US Embassy in Kabul amid Taliban advanceThe Taliban on Sunday seized the last major city outside of Kabul held by the country's increasingly isolated central government, cutting o...
- 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.
- 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...
- Warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum back in the fray as Taliban overwhelm Afghan northThe warlord's prominence in the latest fight with the Taliban lays bare the long-simmering conundrum facing President Ashraf Ghani's admini...
- India to attend Afghanistan peace talks in Doha todayOn Tuesday and Wednesday, Qatar was venue to two back-to-back international meetings on the Afghan situation. The US special representative...
- Afghan political leaders decide to form command centre for people’s resistance against TalibanAbdullah Abdullah, chairman of the High Council for National Reconciliation, and other political leaders including Abdul Rab Rasul Sayyaf, ...
- Taliban seize provincial capital Kunduz in northern blitzKunduz is the third provincial capital to fall in the past three days, but the most significant Taliban gain since the insurgents launched ...
- Fighting rages in centre of major Afghan city KunduzThe fall of the northern city would be a major blow for the central government, which has largely abandoned fighting in the countryside to ...
- Second Afghan city falls as Taliban tighten noose over countrysideThe deputy governor of Jawzjan province told AFP he was with government forces who had abandoned Sheberghan city and retreated to the airpo...
- Pakistan Air Force supporting Taliban: Afghan VP Amrullah SalehThis comes two days after Taliban fighters claimed that they had seized control of the Spin Boldak crossing area between Afghan and Pakista...
- Afghan forces fighting to retake Pakistan border crossingFollowing fierce fighting on Thursday evening, dozens of wounded Taliban fighters were being treated at a Pakistan hospital near the border...
- Taliban to meet in Qatar after India advised the group to abide by Doha processSpeaking at the SCO Contact group meet in Dushanbe on Wednesday S Jaishankar without naming Taliban asked it to abide the Moscow format as ...
- Northern Alliance plans to regroup: Resistance leaders seek arms to fight Taliban in Northern AfghanistanWhile former Herat strongman Ismail Khan, now in his 70s, is planning to regroup to fight the Taliban, dozens of fighters have pledged loya...
- NSA Ajit Doval meets Abdullah Abdullah to discuss Afghan future; Indian interestsIndia is broad basing its engagement in Afghanistan amid peace talks in Doha and as part of its efforts is hosting Dr Abdullah a Tajik lead...
- India opens a communication channel with key non-Pashtun leader of AfghanistanOn Friday External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held talks with former Afghan vice president and Delhi's old friend Marshal Abdul Rashid D...
- Ashraf Ghani secures second term as Afghanistan's presidentThe delay left Afghanistan facing a political crisis just as the US seeks a deal with the Taliban which would allow it to withdraw troops i...
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