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Taliban: 10 killed in bombing of Afghan religious schoolThere was no immediate claim of responsibility. But the Afghan affiliate of the Islamic State group has been waging a campaign of violence ...
Pro-Taliban cleric and 17 others killed in Afghan mosque blastThe Taliban say they have improved security in the country since taking power around a year ago, but there have been several blasts in rece...
Taliban: Bomb hits mosque in Afghanistan, wounds at least 15A Taliban provincial spokesman says a bomb exploded in a mosque during Friday prayers, wounding 15 people in eastern Afghanistan, where Isl...
Afghanistan's Sikhs to 'make choice between converting to Islam or leaving country': ReportOn October 5, 15 to 20 terrorists entered Gurdwara (Sikh temple) and tied up the guards. The attack happened in the Kart-e-Parwan District ...
Blast at Shi'ite mosque in Afghan city of Kandahar kills dozensNematullah Wafa, a former member of the provincial council, said the blast occurred at the Imam Bargah mosque and caused heavy casualties b...
Taliban size up the threat from a tenacious IS-KIslamic State in Khorasan is a broader Islamic State group. It was officially founded in 2014, when Sunni extremists fighting insurgencies ...
Dhaka witnesses lone wolf terror attack weeks after Taliban takeoverA Bangladeshi national carried out an attack near the Thai Embassy in Dhaka's posh diplomatic zone, ET has learnt. The perpetrator is being...
At least 20 deaths in last week during Kabul airport evacuation effort: NATO officialCrowds have grown at the airport every day over the past week, hindering operations as the United States and other nations attempt to evacu...
In Tehran talks, Iran offers help to resolve Afghan crisisShi’ite Muslim Iran has been a foe of the hardline Sunni Muslim Taliban for decades, but for the past few years it has been openly meeting ...
US abandoning Kabul to bombers of kidsThis time around, the US must ensure a better outcome. More so as the US has given the Taliban official space by negotiating a peace deal w...
Death toll rises to 50 from blasts near Afghan girls' schoolMinister Tareq Arian said a car bomb detonated in front of the Sayed Al-Shuhada School on Saturday, and when the students rushed out in pan...
Pakistan exporting terror, claim three neighboursPakistan's sponsorship of Taliban is intended to ensure its control on territory in Afghanistan and is also a measure to pressure the incum...
Pakistan behind rise of international Jihadi forces, says NYTAn op-ed in the NYT said, "This behaviour is not just an issue for Afghanistan. Pakistan is intervening in a number of foreign conflicts."
India needs a strong Iran to combat ISIS, al-QaidaThe Khilafat movement of the 1920s was massively Indians are happy with the lifting of UN sanctions on Iran after its nuclear deal with the...
Sunni group says slain Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud isn't 'martyr'The fatwa said Mehsud was involved in the killing of thousands of innocent people and the fact that he was killed by a drone strike could n...
- Taliban operates from Pakistan: Afghan President Hamid Karzai
Karzai said that Pakistan has a key role to play in his government's peace talks with the Taliban because the militant group operates from ...
- ISI used LeT to foment anti-India passion in Kashmir: UN report
ISI continues to have close links with Lashkar-e-Taiba, a UN report said.