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
Pakistan's strategic interest in Afghanistan is to counter Indian influence, says US reportThe report for the quarter April 1 to June 30 said the Pakistani government is concerned that a civil war in Afghanistan would have destabi...
21 Aug, 2021, 10.05 AM IST
Warlord Abdul Rashid Dostum back in the fray as Taliban overwhelm Afghan northThe warlord's prominence in the latest fight with the Taliban lays bare the long-simmering conundrum facing President Ashraf Ghani's admini...
12 Aug, 2021, 03.53 PM IST
Taliban seize provincial capital Kunduz in northern blitzKunduz is the third provincial capital to fall in the past three days, but the most significant Taliban gain since the insurgents launched ...
08 Aug, 2021, 01.50 PM IST
Fighting rages in centre of major Afghan city KunduzThe fall of the northern city would be a major blow for the central government, which has largely abandoned fighting in the countryside to ...
08 Aug, 2021, 12.07 PM IST
Afghan forces fighting to retake Pakistan border crossingFollowing fierce fighting on Thursday evening, dozens of wounded Taliban fighters were being treated at a Pakistan hospital near the border...
16 Jul, 2021, 05.19 PM IST
Militia commanders rush to aid Afghan forces against TalibanKnown as the Lion of Herat, Ismail Khan a veteran Tajik commander is scheduled to hold a gathering to prepare his forces to fight against t...
09 Jul, 2021, 02.54 PM IST
Taliban gains drive Afghan government to recruit militiasThe Taliban gains are significant because of the transportation routes they provide the insurgents. But equally significant is that the nor...
25 Jun, 2021, 01.54 PM IST
Peace committee chief, 5 others killed in Pakistan blastSix persons, including the head of a peace committee, was today killed in a remote-controlled bomb blast in northwest Pakistan's restive tr...
11 May, 2015, 03.48 PM IST
- 12 killed in Pak suicide attack
A suicide bomber targeted members of an anti-Taliban militia attending a funeral in Pakistan's restive northwest today, killing at least 12...
09 Mar, 2011, 01.14 PM IST
- Pak Taliban claims responsibility for attack
The Salarzai tribe is one of the major tribes of Bajaur Agency. The tribe had raised the first anti-Taliban militia in the region.
26 Dec, 2010, 11.37 PM IST
- Suicide attack kills more than 20 in Kabul
The suicide car bomb attack targeted NATO troops.
18 May, 2010, 11.53 AM IST
- Three Sikhs beheaded by Taliban in Pak
Three Sikh youths were beheaded by Taliban in Pakistan’s FATA region.
22 Feb, 2010, 04.11 AM IST
- Suicide attack kills 89, injures 83 in Pak on new year day
A suicide bomber drove his explosives-laden vehicle into a crowded volleyball playground in northwest Pakistan today, killing at least 89 p...
02 Jan, 2010, 12.59 AM IST
- Pak Taliban fighters uniting to take over Islamabad: Reports
Taliban fighters from Pakistan's restive Swat valley have begun extending their influence to other areas even as a top militant commander s...
09 Apr, 2009, 04.34 PM IST
- Bush’s NSA warns Obama of danger that Pakistan is
US President George W Bush’s National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley has said that Pakistan’s increasingly turbulent border region poses t...
08 Jan, 2009, 05.47 AM IST
- India won't succumb to Taliban threat: Pranab
Expressing outrage over the killing of two Indian construction workers in Afghanistan by suspected Taliban, India today said it would never...
12 Apr, 2008, 09.12 PM IST