India calls for 'pragmatic engagement' with the Taliban: Ambassador Harish tells UNSCIndia advocates for practical engagement with the Taliban at the UN Security Council. New Delhi stresses that focusing solely on punitive a...
11 Dec, 2025, 06.24 PM IST
Earthquake of magnitude 4.3 strikes AfghanistanAn earthquake of magnitude 4.3 struck Afghanistan early Tuesday. The tremor occurred at a depth of 110 kilometers. India reaffirmed its com...
21 Oct, 2025, 09.07 AM IST
India deploys platoon of women peacekeepers in UN mission in Abyei"This will be India's largest single unit of women Peacekeepers in a UN Mission since we deployed the first-ever all-women's contingent in ...
06 Jan, 2023, 11.09 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
India's 2nd yr at UNSC to be period of consolidation; will end on high note: Ambassador TirumurtiTirumurti, India's Permanent Representative to the UN, told PTI that during the first year of its two-year United Nations Security Council ...
12 Jan, 2022, 12.11 PM IST
United Nations committee to review Taliban credential issue to meet in NovemberInitially, Afghanistan's Permanent Representative appointed by the ousted Ashraf Ghani-government, Ghulam Isaczai, was listed to speak for ...
02 Oct, 2021, 11.13 AM IST
UN Security Council: Taliban must form inclusive Afghan governmentThe United Nations Security Council (UNSC) voted to extend the mandate for its assistance mission in Afghanistan by six months and called o...
17 Sep, 2021, 10.46 PM IST
India's month-long Presidency of powerful UNSC ends with 'substantive' outcomes on key global issuesThe Presidency ended with the first resolution being adopted by the Council on the situation in Afghanistan following the takeover of Kabul...
01 Sep, 2021, 03.43 PM IST
UNSC says it does not support the restoration of the Islamic Emirate in AfghanistanIn a press statement on the “escalating violence in Afghanistan” issued by Council President India's Permanent Representative to the UN Amb...
04 Aug, 2021, 10.22 AM IST
Pakistan not only harbours terror outfits, but also encourages them: MEA SpokespersonMinistry of External Affairs Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said India hopes that such participation in public events by a former UN-design...
14 Aug, 2020, 10.50 PM IST
Effective use of UN sanctions will restrict Afghan violence: IndiaThe UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution extending the mandate of the UN mission in Afghanistan until March 17, 2017.
12 Jul, 2018, 06.25 PM IST
Terrorism a challenge that has crossed borders: United NationsWe have repeatedly tried to get the governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan to work together on dealing with the problems that both countri...
18 Feb, 2017, 08.18 PM IST
India flags concern over foreign fighters' presence in AfghanistanIndia's Ambassador to UN Asoke Mukerji, participating in Security Council Debate expressed strong condemnation over attack on Afghan Parlia...
23 Jun, 2015, 01.51 PM IST
Jammu and Kashmir police woman Shakti Devi wins UN's international female peacekeeper awardShakti Devi, currently deployed in the UNAMA, was also cited for her efforts towards helping victims of sexual and gender-based violence.
14 Oct, 2014, 06.56 PM IST
Germany backs greater involvement of India in AfghanistanGermany today supported greater involment of India in Afghanistan in its process of rebuilding their socio-economic future.
15 Jan, 2014, 06.47 PM IST
India puts candidacy for 2021-2022 UNSC non-permanent seatIndia has again put in its candidature for a non-permanent member seat at the UN high table for 2021-2022 after Afghanistan withdrew in its...
05 Dec, 2013, 01.33 PM IST
- UN mission's mandate in Afghanistan extended by one year
The Security Council has extended the mandate of the UN mission in Afghanistan by one year, giving the world body central role in coordinat...
21 Mar, 2008, 10.30 AM IST