Kabul's mannequins, hooded and masked under Taliban rulesThe hooded mannequins are one symbol of the Taliban's puritanical rule over Afghanistan. But in a way, they are also a small show of resist...
16 Jan, 2023, 12.21 PM IST
Banned from education, 'idle' Afghan girls are married offAfghanistan is the only country in the world where girls are banned from going to secondary school. Together with the economic crisis and d...
11 Nov, 2022, 09.10 AM IST
Afghan families go back to making carpets as economy unravelsUntil August 15, when the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, the Haidari brothers had managed to escape the backbreaking labour of c...
12 Dec, 2021, 08.25 AM IST
Taliban size up the threat from a tenacious IS-KThe latest atrocity claimed by Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) killed at least 19 people Tuesday, including a senior Taliban commander at a m...
03 Nov, 2021, 01.14 PM IST
After Afghans fell from plane, families live with horrorMore than a month later, much remains unclear about what happened in that tragic takeoff on Aug. 16, a day after the Taliban swept into Kab...
21 Sep, 2021, 11.50 AM IST
Afghanistan's Shia leaders meet former president Hamid Karzai demanding representation in governmentOn September 9, Karzai tweeted that he had held consultations with Afghanistan’s Shia Ulema Council to discuss ways of ensuring lasting pea...
14 Sep, 2021, 08.21 AM IST
Inside the Afghan Evacuation: Rogue flights, crowded tents, hope and chaosThe total number of evacuees, and where they are currently waiting, is still not clear, though Biden said Tuesday that more than 120,000 ha...
04 Sep, 2021, 11.19 AM IST
Victorious Taliban focus on governing after US withdrawalTaliban , america, afghanistan, Having humbled the world's most powerful military, the Taliban now face the challenge of governing a nation...
01 Sep, 2021, 03.19 PM IST
Let the music play: Kabul sees day-time weddings after Taliban takeoverDuring its 1996-2001 rule, Taliban had banned most music, except devotional Islamic songs.
31 Aug, 2021, 04.26 PM IST
Help our families before it’s late: Afghan womenMehbooba Nazari, a 27-year-old mother of three from Kabul who is living in India for the last two years, has been having anxious nights eve...
19 Aug, 2021, 12.48 AM IST
What India should do as Afghanistan plunges deeper into crisisWhile Indian officials have participated in events where the Taliban have been present, India has been content to let others take the lead....
17 Aug, 2021, 12.29 AM IST
Afghan civil society groups target Pakistan Army at UNHRC session in GenevaAddressing the 42nd session of UNHRC, Bilal Sarway called the Afghan insurgent group Haqqani Network as the "veritable arm" of Pakistan's I...
20 Sep, 2019, 09.23 PM IST
View: India’s Afghanistan policy should rapidly adapt to the evolving realitiesInstead, on Sunday, US special envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad left Qatar, where the US-Taliban talks were being held, the September ...
02 Sep, 2019, 11.38 PM IST
Heavy fighting on in Mazar-i-Sharif, Indian mission staff safeExplosions and gunfire rang out last night as militants attempted to storm the Indian diplomatic mission in Mazar-i-Sharif.
14 Jul, 2018, 10.18 AM IST
Will PM Narendra Modi's informal touch add depth to India-Pakistan relations?The visit to Pakistan was a chance to come across as an Indian PM willing to take serious political risks to establish his credentials as a...
27 Dec, 2015, 11.25 AM IST
Afghanistan dangers: As western forces leave, the UN should move inIt seems the Afghan security forces were able to tackle the attackers without much help by international forces.
17 Apr, 2012, 08.45 AM IST
- Afghan bride, groom dead in wedding party bomb blast
A bus carrying a wedding party struck a mine in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar province, killing the bride and groom and eight others, sai...
03 Aug, 2008, 07.01 AM IST