US lifts bounties on senior Taliban officials, including Sirajuddin Haqqani, says KabulThe US has removed bounties on three senior Taliban leaders, including interior minister Sirajuddin Haqqani, signaling a shift towards prag...
23 Mar, 2025, 04.59 PM IST
UN envoy says ICC should prosecute Taliban for crimes against humanity for denying girls educationThe International Criminal Court should prosecute Taliban leaders for a crime against humanity for denying education and employment to Afgh...
16 Aug, 2023, 10.16 AM IST
Deep trouble for Afghanistan: Taliban 'reversed' decade-long growthThe Taliban seized power on 15 August last year, which led to dire consequences for the already fragile economy as the internal banking sys...
07 Oct, 2022, 05.52 PM IST
Taliban-style security welcomed by some, feared by othersMany Afghans fear the harsh ways of the Taliban, their hard-line ideology or their severe restrictions of women's freedoms. But the movemen...
04 Oct, 2021, 01.14 PM IST
Taliban gunmen made us sit in open space for 5 hours.. thought they might kills us, Afghan returnee narrates horrorWhen the Indians told them that they were robbed, the Taliban members claimed that local criminals might be involved and that the Taliban w...
23 Aug, 2021, 04.57 PM IST
14 arrested for pro-Taliban comments on social mediaAssam’s special DGP GP Singh tweeted, “@assampolice has arrested 14 persons for social media posts regarding Taliban activities that have a...
22 Aug, 2021, 07.39 AM IST
- Frontier Strategy
The interests of all neighbouring countries need to be taken into account before any major political adjustments can be made.…
19 Aug, 2021, 11.21 PM IST
Situation in Kabul under Taliban 'better' than it was under Ghani govt: Russian envoy"I judge by the first day of their control over Kabul. The impressions are good. The situation in Kabul is better now (under Taliban) than ...
17 Aug, 2021, 03.56 PM IST
Taliban seek to project calm as United States speeds chaotic evacuationThousands of Afghans, fearing a return to the Taliban's brutal rule, are trying to flee the country through Hamid Karzai International Airp...
16 Aug, 2021, 11.23 AM IST
Three killed in wave of bomb attacks in AfghanistanWith Washington and NATO reviewing plans to withdraw their forces from the country by May, one blast in Kabul hit an SUV and killed two peo...
02 Feb, 2021, 03.30 PM IST
The women who served as a deadly duo for the TalibanWhile the ultra-conservative Islamists ban women from many areas of life -- often forcing them to stay home and barring them from most jobs...
22 Nov, 2020, 11.58 AM IST
In 1st meet in a year, PDP accuses government of duplicity on talksThe meeting was called by the party’s youth wing after they sought permission from the administration. Senior party leaders Abdul Rehman Ve...
17 Sep, 2020, 07.46 AM IST
India gives new list of terrorists from Pakistan-based groups to UNIndia has submitted to the UN's Sanction Committee a fresh list of 11 terrorists from Pakistan -based terror groups affiliated to Al-Qaeda,...
24 Feb, 2016, 06.51 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
Government still wants to hold talks with Taliban: Nawaz SharifPrime Minister Nawaz Sharif today said his government still wants to resolve issues with the Taliban through talks in order to avoid furthe...
08 Nov, 2013, 10.44 PM IST
Taliban plans to kidnap Pervez Musharraf: Pakistani spy agenciesThe intelligence agencies directed security agencies to ensure strict surveillance and tight security to foil the plans of the militants, t...
26 Apr, 2013, 02.29 PM IST
- Two kidnapped Sikhs rescued by local Taliban in NWFP: Report
Two Sikhs, who were abducted from a district in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province, have been rescued by the local Taliban and...
27 Apr, 2008, 01.50 PM IST