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
Russia and the Taliban: Here's why Putin wants to get closer to Afghanistan's current rulersRussia is considering taking Taliban off its terrorist list and aiming to strengthen ties amid Afghan crisis. Economic goals include develo...
21 Apr, 2024, 10.30 PM IST
Taliban set unacceptable conditions for attending a UN meeting, says UN secretary-generalAt a U.N.-sponsored meeting in Qatar, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres revealed that the Taliban imposed unacceptable conditions for thei...
19 Feb, 2024, 10.06 PM IST
US urges Taliban to take steps to gain international legitimacyUS State Department spokesperson, Matthew Miller, called on the Taliban to gain international legitimacy. He stated that Washington will co...
03 Feb, 2024, 09.34 AM IST
Taliban trying to obtain tactical nuclear weapon, claims former Afghan spy chief. Here is what we knowFormer Afghan spy chief Rahmatullah Nabil said that the Taliban has reached greater strategic depths and they have access to the most sophi...
30 Nov, 2023, 06.32 PM IST
Taliban rule of Afghanistan is open-ended, their chief spokesman says as they begin year 3 in powerThe Taliban view their rule of Afghanistan as open-ended, drawing legitimacy from Islamic law and facing no significant threat, their chief...
15 Aug, 2023, 10.06 PM IST
UN draft urges Afghan rulers to reverse bans on women, girlsThe resolution, drafted by the United Arab Emirates and Japan, is scheduled to be voted on by the 15-member council on Thursday afternoon. ...
27 Apr, 2023, 08.03 AM 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
Taliban order Afghan girls' schools shut hours after reopeningCrestfallen students, back in class for the first time since the Taliban seized power in August last year, tearfully packed up their belong...
23 Mar, 2022, 12.23 PM IST
Desperate Taliban seeks global recognition through Oslo meet; Russia denies hosting Taliban leadersRussia remains worried about the spread of radicals in Eurasia from Afghanistan besides possible civil war type situation in Afghanistan & ...
24 Jan, 2022, 11.11 PM IST
Anti-India Haqqanis ask China to take lead in recognising TalibanThe Taliban has reached out to China to take lead in getting international recognition for their government in Afghanistan, to help tide ov...
19 Jan, 2022, 08.04 AM IST
Afghan interim foreign minister to visit Pakistan with resetting bilateral ties high on agendaThis will be the first visit by the interim Afghan foreign minister to Pakistan since the hardline Islamists took control of Afghanistan on...
06 Nov, 2021, 11.05 PM IST
India meets members of Taliban interim govt for first timeThe meeting between India and Taliban on the sidelines of the Moscow Format meet in the Russian capital (convened and initiated by Russia) ...
21 Oct, 2021, 12.02 AM IST
Taliban promise cash, land, to families of suicide bombersThe Taliban took back power in Afghanistan in August after the United States pulled out its troops, almost 20 years after the Islamists wer...
19 Oct, 2021, 10.45 PM IST
View: It’s only after US troops leave Afghanistan that one will gauge Taliban’s real intentRecognition — or non-recognition — of governments in international law is fraught with complications. Not least because recognition is fund...
26 Aug, 2021, 09.57 AM IST
View: Taliban's charm offensive notwithstanding, world awaits inclusive govt in AfghanistanThe Taliban’s charm offensive is partly in recognition of the reality that their regime cannot survive without support from the internation...
23 Aug, 2021, 04.17 PM IST
Seeking global recognition, Taliban take a new approach: Making niceThe public relations push marks a new chapter in the Taliban's struggle, one nearly as high stakes as any on the battlefield.
19 Aug, 2021, 11.56 PM IST