Is Afghanistan's most-wanted militant now its best hope for change?Sirajuddin Haqqani, a former feared Taliban leader, now seeks to be seen as a pragmatic statesman. He challenges the hard-line policies of ...
24 Oct, 2024, 11.53 AM IST
US urges Taliban to take steps to gain international legitimacyUS State Department spokesperson, Matthew Miller, called on the Taliban to gain international legitimacy. He stated that Washington will co...
03 Feb, 2024, 09.34 AM IST
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...
02 Dec, 2022, 11.54 AM IST
Taliban negotiating with UAE over airspace controlMeanwhile, the Afghan Traders' Council in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) welcomed the deals, saying the contract with the UAE's GAAC compan...
11 Sep, 2022, 08.12 PM IST
Taliban say deal signed with UAE firm to manage airportsHowever, the deal left more questions than answers, particularly as Qatar had been in line to run the airports, though the deal apparently ...
24 May, 2022, 05.50 PM IST
Afghanistan's National Resistance Front, Taliban talks end without resultA member of the Resistance Front's negotiating team speaking on condition of anonymity, said on Tuesday that the Islamic Emirate team in re...
12 Jan, 2022, 10.58 AM IST
100 days of Taliban in Afghanistan: Islamic Emirate still seeking international recognitionCurrently, it is reported that eleven countries, including Iran, Pakistan, China, Russia, Turkey, Qatar, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Kazakhst...
24 Nov, 2021, 11.37 AM IST
Taliban to appoint new envoys, officials to Afghanistan's diplomatic missions abroadTen countries have opened their embassies in Kabul, but the Islamic Emirate has only appointed new diplomats in Afghanistan's embassy in Pa...
23 Nov, 2021, 10.35 AM IST
Taliban supreme leader makes first public appearanceTaliban supreme leader Haibatullah Akhundzada addressed supporters in the southern city of Kandahar, officials announced Sunday, his first ...
31 Oct, 2021, 01.18 PM IST
Al Qaeda sees Taliban's Afghan victory as model for jihadists elsewhere, talks of 'liberation' of KashmirAccording to a recent UN monitoring report, a significant part of the leadership of al-Qaida resides in the Afghanistan and Pakistan border...
02 Sep, 2021, 10.50 AM IST
Taliban declares ‘complete amnesty’ across Afghanistan, says “everyone is forgiven”In another sign of the Taliban's efforts to portray a new image, a female television anchor on the private broadcaster Tolo interviewed a T...
18 Aug, 2021, 09.57 AM IST
View: How Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan will impact India depends on its treatment of its people and JihadistsAn attendant problem is that jihadists from around the world, enthused by the re-establishment of the Emirate and the defeat of the US empi...
17 Aug, 2021, 10.44 AM IST
Taliban to declare Islamic Emirate of AfghanistanThe Taliban, who for hours had been on the outskirts of Kabul, announced soon after they would move further into a city gripped by panic wh...
15 Aug, 2021, 10.32 PM IST
Kabul no longer far away as Taliban advances unbelievably quickly; world fears the inevitableChances are that the Taliban would like to be ensconced in Kabul on or before September 11 or perhaps even October 7, when the US-led invas...
13 Aug, 2021, 07.01 AM IST
Afghanistan: What happens if the Taliban takes over KabulChances are that the Taliban would like to be ensconced in Kabul on or before September 11 or perhaps even October 7, when the US-led invas...
17 Jul, 2021, 09.15 AM IST
Potential rise of Islamic State in Afghanistan makes Taliban nervousThat reality should be useful to the US government as it tries to negotiate a transition deal with the Afghan government and the Taliban.
04 Aug, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
- Emir of Qatar to visit India; LNG, crude oil supply on agenda
According to sources, the issue of supply of larger quantities of LPG, crude oil and LNG from Qatar will be taken up during the visit.
04 Apr, 2012, 07.32 PM IST