EU to greenlight 'return hubs' migration reformThe European Union is expected to reach a deal Wednesday on a migration reform to create so-called "return hubs" outside the bloc, with som...
20 May, 2026, 03.15 PM IST
Why Pakistan backstabs the US, and always gets away with itFor decades, the US grappled with Pakistan's dual role as a terror war ally and a supporter of militant groups. Despite accusations of shel...
12 May, 2026, 08.46 PM IST
How 'politics and apathy' derailed war-ravaged Afghanistan's anti-doping effortsAfghanistan's anti-doping efforts have collapsed since the Taliban's return. No tests were conducted for three years. Last year, only four ...
17 Apr, 2026, 03.38 PM IST
Taliban faces threat from Islamic State, new resistance: UNThe experts said in the report to the UN Security Council that with the onset of better weather, fighting may escalate as both Islamic Stat...
03 Jun, 2022, 11.31 AM IST
Afghan crisis: Scores march in Geneva; call Swiss govt to not recognise TalibanHolding red, green and black flags of Afghanistan and placards inscribed with their demands, the protestors raised slogans against the Tali...
05 Sep, 2021, 09.04 AM IST
Taliban co-founder Mullah Baradar to lead new Afghanistan govt, says local mediaBaradar, who heads the Taliban's political office in Doha, will be joined by Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, the son of late Taliban co-founder Mul...
03 Sep, 2021, 04.47 PM IST
Taliban need more than Pak expertiseTo govern, the Taliban need more than mastery of terror, more than Pak expertise.
27 Aug, 2021, 11.16 PM IST
How will the Taliban rule? Here’s the early evidenceTo some extent, the world already knows how that will work, because the Taliban have been essentially controlling parts of Afghanistan for ...
18 Aug, 2021, 10.25 AM IST
View: Afghanistan is just a symptom. The real problem is PakistanWith robust support from Pakistan and a growing resource base, the Taliban is quickly consolidating hold on most of Afghanistan.
15 Aug, 2021, 12.37 PM IST
Afghan cities taken over or contested by TalibanFollowing is a list of provincial capitals that have fallen to, or are being contested by the Islamist militants, who are fighting to reimp...
13 Aug, 2021, 12.29 PM IST
Could the Taliban take over Afghanistan? Here’s what we knowOver the past six days, the insurgents have overrun nine provincial capitals across the country, most of them clustered in the north, in a ...
13 Aug, 2021, 11.16 AM IST
Taliban press on, take another Afghan provincial capitalThe militants have ramped up their push across much of Afghanistan, turning their guns on provincial capitals after taking large swaths of ...
09 Aug, 2021, 05.08 PM IST
Taliban seize government buildings in Afghan cities Kunduz, Sar-e PulIn recent days the Taliban have escalated attacks on northern provinces, which lie outside their traditional strongholds in the south but w...
08 Aug, 2021, 05.21 PM IST
Taliban’s reported control of lucrative Pakistan border crossing point can fuel their goalPakistan, considered mentor of Taliban, interestingly sealed its border with Afghanistan on Wednesday after Taliban wrested control from Af...
15 Jul, 2021, 01.21 PM IST
Afghan Taliban seize border crossing with Pakistan in major advanceThe crossing, south of Afghanistan's main southern city Kandahar, is the landlocked country's second busiest entry point and the main link ...
14 Jul, 2021, 05.14 PM IST
Afghan forces retake provincial capital Qala-e-Naw after Taliban incursion: Defence ministryThe ministry said 69 Taliban fighters had been killed in fresh operations on the edge of Qala-e-Naw - the first major provincial capital en...
08 Jul, 2021, 02.06 PM IST
Pakistan has some influence on Taliban but no control: Sartaj Aziz"It was up to the Afghan government to resume talks with the Taliban and our job is just of a facilitator," Aziz was quoted as saying by Ra...
28 Oct, 2015, 10.17 PM IST