A major reason why Pakistan has been facing increasing terrorist attacks inside the country is its continued pursuit of duplicity in the fi...

Islamabad was partly optimistic in the wake of the Taliban takeover. It hoped that the Taliban regime would accept the Durand Line's legiti...

The two meetings assume significance as both Tajikistan and Uzbekistan are neighbours of Afghanistan and have been worried about any migrat...

India is hosting the dialogue to firm up a common approach for practical cooperation in confronting increasing threats of terrorism, radica...

Recently, according to a media report, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has called Afghanistan "more stable" after the Tali...

Why is any of this important? Because the UNSC resolution, in a way, laid down the first basic benchmarks — such as not allowing Afghanista...

The last time the group was in power from 1996 to 2001, it imposed a harsh interpretation of Islamic law. They banned women from education ...

Taliban 2.0 is a coalition arrangement held together by competing interests of not just the constituents, but also regional actors who want...

"We keep a close watch on developments in Afghanistan.Imports from there come through the transit route of Pakistan. As of now, the Taliban...

The dependence of an Afghan Taliban regime on neighbouring Pakistan will be quite high. It will count on Pakistan to do the diplomatic heav...

Taliban insurgents swept into Afghanistan's capital on Sunday after a sudden and unprecedented collapse of the government, prompting presid...

After remaining in a lull for a couple of years the Afghan political stalemate is escalating again following the NATO’s withdrawal of troop...

Since then, India’s and Russia’s roads in Afghanistan parted and the convergence of views disappeared into the blue. Moscow’s approach to t...

Major players in the process, including Afghanistan's peace council chairman Abdullah Abdullah and Taliban leader Mullah Baradar Akhund, an...

Afghan Taliban last month opened a political office in Qatari capital Doha and expressed willingness to hold peace talks with Afghan govern...

"Ambassador Dobbins will discuss a range of issues, including the Afghan-led reconciliation process," said a US embassy statement here.

As Taliban fighters began regrouping in Swat Valley, fears mounted around the world over increasing Talibanisation of Pakistan and possible...