'Day of conquest' as Taliban mark turbulent first year in powerExactly a year ago, the hardline Islamists captured Kabul after a nationwide lightning offensive against government forces just as US-led t...
15 Aug, 2022, 12.47 PM IST
US and Taliban make progress on Afghan reserves, but big gaps remainSignificant differences between the sides remain, however, according to two of the sources, including the Taliban's refusal to replace the ...
26 Jul, 2022, 01.46 PM IST
No direct threat of Taliban expansion into neighbouring states, says CSTO Secretary-GeneralZas indicated that against the backdrop of socio-economic crisis and humanitarian collapse unfolding in Afghanistan, these threats attain a...
09 Feb, 2022, 04.35 PM IST
Taliban, Western officials meet for talks in OsloThomas West, the US special representative for Afghanistan, tweeted on Sunday: "As we seek to address humanitarian crisis together with all...
24 Jan, 2022, 09.43 AM IST
Pakistan-Saudi Arabia rift widens after OIC Foreign Ministers SummitPakistan hosted the 17th extraordinary session of the OIC of foreign ministers on the Afghanistan situation in Islamabad on December 19, 20...
24 Dec, 2021, 09.18 PM IST
Taliban rally outside Kabul as they consolidate ruleThe rally was the first of its kind in the capital since the Islamist group seized control of the country seven weeks ago following a light...
03 Oct, 2021, 12.36 PM IST
Qatar may struggle to deliver the revamped Taliban it hypedQatar’s reveled in hosting talks with the Taliban, complete with big backdrops and dramatic lighting, and has gained the trust of its polit...
07 Sep, 2021, 05.51 PM IST
Taliban co-founder Mullah Baradar to lead new Afghanistan govt, says local mediaBaradar, who heads the Taliban's political office in Doha, will be joined by Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob, the son of late Taliban co-founder Mul...
03 Sep, 2021, 04.47 PM IST
Afghanistan-Taliban crisis: Indian Embassy in Kabul safe, operational; salary of local staff disbursed"Maintenance charges and the salaries of local staff in the Indian embassy in Kabul is being given on time by the Government of India," a t...
03 Sep, 2021, 12.04 PM IST
India steps up coordination with Russia on Afghan theatre as Deputy NSA visits MoscowIndian envoy to Moscow B Ventakesh Varma and officials of the National Security Council Secretariat (NSCS) were part of the meeting.
26 Aug, 2021, 08.55 PM IST
Taliban gunmen made us sit in open space for 5 hours.. thought they might kills us, Afghan returnee narrates horrorWhen the Indians told them that they were robbed, the Taliban members claimed that local criminals might be involved and that the Taliban w...
23 Aug, 2021, 04.57 PM IST
Afghanistan-Taliban crisis: India brings back 146 of its evacuated nationals from DohaOut of the second batch of Indians who returned home from Doha, 104 people were brought back in a Vistara flight, 30 by a Qatar Airways fli...
23 Aug, 2021, 12.17 PM IST
'Imbecilic': Ex-UK leader Tony Blair slams Afghan withdrawal"The abandonment of Afghanistan and its people is tragic, dangerous, unnecessary, not in their interests and not in ours," said Blair who s...
23 Aug, 2021, 07.09 AM IST
Taliban promise peace, but doubt and fear persistThis month, after outlasting a superpower, the Taliban walked to control on a road paved with mass surrenders. The question now is how magn...
18 Aug, 2021, 10.57 AM IST
Taliban-Afghanistan crisis shocks Malala; activist says she's 'deeply worried' for women, minoritiesThe Pakistani activist called for urgent humanitarian aid & protection to civilians.
16 Aug, 2021, 04.15 PM IST
Afghan economy heads towards crisis following Taliban capture of border trade pointsOver the past month, the Ashraf Ghani government has lost control over Islam Qala, Torghundi, Abu Nasr Farahi, Spin Boldak, Ay-Khanoom, Dan...
01 Aug, 2021, 10.00 AM IST
Russia tells 'hypocritical' Afghan government to negotiate with Taliban"It's hypocrisy. It's an attempt to close their eyes to the reality which exists and these are empty words," Kabulov told RIA when talking ...
14 Jul, 2021, 06.01 PM IST