British couple held for months in Afghanistan arrive back in UKPeter and Barbie Reynolds, a British couple, reached the U.K. after the Taliban released them. They had been detained in Afghanistan for ov...
20 Sep, 2025, 09.46 PM IST
Afghanistan earthquake: Over 800 killed after 6.0 magnitude quake strikes JalalabadA magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck southeastern Afghanistan, with tremors felt as far away as Delhi-NCR in India. The quake, occurring at a ...
01 Sep, 2025, 02.38 PM IST
Afghans still hope to find survivors from quake that killed over 2,000 in western Herat provinceRescue efforts continue in western Herat province, Afghanistan, three days after a powerful earthquake killed over 2,000 people. The epicen...
10 Oct, 2023, 01.24 PM IST
Pakistan skips Moscow's Afghan meeting 'under Western pressure'Pakistan may have skipped the national security advisor (NSA) level regional dialogue on Afghanistan convened in Moscow on February 8 under...
11 Feb, 2023, 10.43 PM IST
Afghan acting PM calls for official recognition of Taliban administrationAfghanistan's acting prime minister, Mullah Hasan Akhund, on Wednesday called for international governments to officially recognise the cou...
19 Jan, 2022, 11.56 AM IST
At least 26 killed in Afghanistan earthquakeThe victims died when roofs of their houses collapsed in Qadis district in the western province of Badghis, spokesman for the province Baz ...
18 Jan, 2022, 10.10 AM IST
US announces USD 308 million in aid for Afghans as crisis growsWhite House national security council spokesperson Emily Horne said in a statement that the new aid from the US Agency for International De...
12 Jan, 2022, 12.38 AM IST
Afghanistan's China envoy leaves after months without payIn a handover letter dated Jan. 1, also posted on Twitter, Qaem said that many diplomats at the embassy had already left, and Kabul had not...
11 Jan, 2022, 04.52 PM IST
View: How aid to Afghanistan is a dilemma for the westInstead of allaying global apprehensions about the grossly insensitive nature of their bizarre decrees, the Taliban keep on perpetuating th...
03 Jan, 2022, 03.00 PM IST
Traumatized and anxious, Afghans evacuees begin life in AustraliaAfghan evacuees, mostly women and children, begin their new lives in Australia following their mandatory quarantine period. Many state that...
10 Sep, 2021, 03.27 PM IST
Kabul airport reopens to receive aid, domestic flights restart, reports Al JazeeraThe airport's runway has been repaired in cooperation with authorities in Afghanistan, the ambassador said, according to Al Jazeera. The ch...
04 Sep, 2021, 04.06 PM IST
What leverage do US, allies have over Taliban in Afghanistan?Washington is under pressure from some humanitarian groups, Afghan central bank officials and foreign governments, including Russia, to eas...
02 Sep, 2021, 01.34 PM IST
View: What will the Taliban do with a $22 billion economy?Managing that economy has been a cohort of Afghan technocrats, many of them Western-educated or trained. Very few of them are expected to r...
26 Aug, 2021, 08.53 PM IST
US Defence Secretary made 'no threats' to us: PakistanPakistan today dismissed media reports Chuck Hagel had warned that an American aid programme was linked to NATO supply routes.
10 Dec, 2013, 08.14 PM IST
- 'US support of Pakistan strategic mistake'
A senior Afghan official is urging the United States to re-evaluate its friendship with Pakistan, accusing the country of supporting Al-Qae...
23 Aug, 2010, 11.29 PM IST
- Clinton arrives in Pakistan for talks
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Pakistan on Sunday for strategic talks aimed at bolstering bilateral ties and securing fir...
18 Jul, 2010, 10.04 PM IST
- US cuts Pakistan's aid for fighting terrorism
The US has deducted $55 million out of the $156 million bill set by Pakistan for rendering its military services to fight against Taliban a...
26 Jan, 2009, 11.19 PM IST