Positive development: India on move to return private land to Hindu, Sikh minorities in AfghanistanIndia welcomed the Taliban regime's decision to restore private land rights to Afghan Hindus and Sikh minorities, describing it as a positi...
12 Apr, 2024, 08.55 PM IST
UN says over 200 former Afghan military, officials killed since Taliban takeoverSince the Taliban takeover, more than 200 members of Afghanistan's former military, law enforcement, and government have been killed, accor...
22 Aug, 2023, 12.40 PM IST
At least 10 dead, 8 injured in blast at Kabul military airportThis explosion comes three days after four people were injured in a blast that rocked Taluqan city, the capital of northern Takhar province...
01 Jan, 2023, 09.41 PM IST
US will look at Pakistan's role in last 20 yrs: Secretary of State Antony BlinkenBlinken said this after several US lawmakers questioned the administration's response to the quick collapse of the Afghan government and th...
14 Sep, 2021, 11.01 AM IST
Pakistan will 'assist' Taliban to form inclusive admin in Afghanistan: Gen Bajwa to UK's Dominic RaabGen. Bajwa's remarks came as Pakistan's powerful intelligence chief Lieutenant General Faiz Hameed on Saturday dashed to Kabul, amidst the ...
04 Sep, 2021, 09.41 PM IST
Underestimating Taliban and their Pakistani patrons biggest mistakeThe Biden administration seems to have actually believed Pakistan’s claims that it wanted a political solution, when it was clear the real ...
16 Aug, 2021, 11.48 PM IST
US vows to isolate Taliban if they take power by forceZalmay Khalilzad, the U.S. envoy, traveled to Doha, Qatar, where the Taliban maintain a political office, to tell the group that there was ...
10 Aug, 2021, 10.22 PM IST
At pivotal moment in Afghanistan war, Joe Biden weighs a dilemma``This would be a highly risky, and even dangerous, approach that could foment more conflict than it resolves and create the sort of threat...
26 Feb, 2021, 05.10 PM IST
Foreign troops to stay in Afghanistan beyond May deadline - NATO sourcesThe administration of then-President Donald Trump signed an agreement with the Taliban early last year calling for the withdrawal of all fo...
31 Jan, 2021, 03.52 PM IST
No decision yet on future force posture in Afghanistan says Pentagon“We obviously are still committed to ending this war, but we want to do it in a responsible way, and I don't think it's helpful to be drawn...
29 Jan, 2021, 02.42 PM IST
A 'healthy' Afghanistan is going to need to have a 'healthy relationship' with India: WellsResponding to a question, Wells said that the US defers to India as to whether it wants to engage directly with the Taliban, but in a situa...
21 May, 2020, 08.44 AM IST
Taliban ends partial truce as Afghan violence resumesA deadly blast shattered a period of relative calm in Afghanistan on Monday, as the Taliban told fighters to resume operations against Afgh...
03 Mar, 2020, 08.33 AM IST
A $7.5-billion pipeline has surprise patrons: Taliban militantsThe endorsement from a group that has fought the US-backed government in Kabul for the past 17 years raises a slight hope even as violence ...
09 Mar, 2018, 02.22 PM IST
Mullah Mohammad Omar's family declares support for new Taliban leaderManan confirmed to The Associated Press that he and Yaqoub are now pledging their allegiance to Mansour; the pair, along with several other...
16 Sep, 2015, 05.44 PM IST
- There is connection between ISI and Haqqani network: McCain
The top Republican Senator from Arizona, John McCain, has accused Pakistan's ISI of having links with the Haqqani network.
04 Jul, 2011, 11.27 AM IST
- 12 killed in Pak suicide attack
A suicide bomber targeted members of an anti-Taliban militia attending a funeral in Pakistan's restive northwest today, killing at least 12...
09 Mar, 2011, 01.14 PM IST
- US opens direct secret talks with Taliban
Clinton warned that if Taliban refused the choice they will continue to face the consequences of being tied to al Qaeda and remain enemy of...
20 Feb, 2011, 06.24 AM IST