Allies turned foes: How Taliban and Pakistan fell outTensions flare along the Durand Line as Pakistan and the Taliban engage in deadly border clashes, a stark reversal from their historical ti...
15 Oct, 2025, 09.37 PM IST
It’s now a Doorand line: Afghan Taliban using TTP to further its interest of not accepting British-era border with PakistanPakistan's army conducted airstrikes in Afghanistan targeting what it claims is a Pakistani Taliban camp amidst growing tensions with the A...
02 Jan, 2025, 01.02 AM IST
Pakistani airstrikes in Afghanistan may lead to more violent border clashesWhile the Taliban in an official statement warned of "dire consequences" if Pakistan conducts similar attacks in the future, Pakistan, refu...
27 Apr, 2022, 10.18 AM IST
The return of the Taliban and complications for IndiaFrom the perspective of New Delhi, which was proactively involved in the construction of the Chabahar Port in Iran, Afghanistan constitutes...
18 Aug, 2021, 10.20 AM IST
Will never, ever bow to Taliban, vows Afghanistan's first Vice President Amrullah Saleh"I will never, ever and under no circumstances bow to d Talib terrorists. I will never betray d soul and legacy of my hero Ahmad Shah Masou...
17 Aug, 2021, 09.38 AM IST
Taliban will not negotiate unless it suffers battlefield losses: Ashraf Ghani“They (Taliban) will not engage in meaningful negotiations unless the situation changes on the battlefield; therefore, we should have a cle...
02 Aug, 2021, 11.50 PM IST
Pakistan intelligence planning to launch war through Taliban: AfghanistanPakistan’s intelligence agency has summoned the Taliban’s shadow governors and commanders to plan for a spring offensive in Afghanistan, Na...
01 Apr, 2021, 02.11 PM IST
'If Iranian general can be droned for terrorism, why not a Pakistani general?'Amid widespread misgivings in the US Congress and among American analysts about the assassination of a serving general of a sovereign natio...
05 Jan, 2020, 10.54 AM IST
AfPak 2.0: US pull-out from AfghanistanNew Delhi wants to prevent the return of a jihadist ‘emirate’ under the Taliban (which ruled Afghanistan from 1996 to 2001), which again ca...
30 Jan, 2019, 10.22 AM IST
Unhappy with India-Afghanistan friendship, Pakistan resorting to proxies against the both: Experts"Taliban is based in Pakistan and it came as no surprise when a US drone strike killed Taliban leader Mullah Mansoor in Pakistan in May, 20...
13 Jul, 2018, 01.01 PM IST
Pakistan use of terror proxies aiding global Islamic extremism: US diplomatKhalilzad said Pakistan views the Taliban as an effective proxy to ensure Pakistani dominance over Afghanistan.
12 Jul, 2018, 07.38 PM IST
CIA chief's hacked email: Pakistan uses Taliban to counter India in AfghanistanBrennan, three days after Barack Obama was elected US President in November 2008, wrote to him in a position-cum- strategy paper that Pakis...
12 Jul, 2018, 05.09 PM IST
Pakistan created terror groups to check India and Afghanistan: Former US diplomatsThey said Pakistan's notorious spy agency, the ISI, continues to protect and assist these groups, according to The Cipher Brief.
12 Jul, 2018, 10.50 AM IST
US military support to Pakistan must be conditional on terror crackdown, says International Crisis GroupIn its first 'Watch List 2017' of the year- what the ICG calls "early-warning publications" - it said "the US is best placed to pressure Pa...
28 Apr, 2017, 07.01 PM IST
Pakistan uses terror groups to combat Indian army: USIslamabad is using militant groups as proxies to combat India’s military might, the Pentagon has told the US Congress, supporting New Delhi...
05 Nov, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Blunt talk by India’s Afghanistan envoy riles PakistanIndia speaks out for first time against Pakistan sponsored violence in Afghanistan;Indian authorities allege Pakistan of conducting proxy w...
20 Aug, 2014, 11.41 AM IST
'Pak proxy forces may attack Indian targets in Afghanistan'Prepared at the request of the US Secretary of Defence, the report by CNA said that post-2014, India and Iran will adopt a wait-and-see pol...
21 Feb, 2014, 01.46 PM IST