Afghanistan

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Taliban's spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid said the Taliban will stay in power for a long time - and for as long as God wants. AP/PTI(AP08_15_2023_000484B)

Kamal Davar | Amidst global churn… India, US need a new road to Kabul

It was a matter of time before the Taliban government in Kabul would withdraw support to Kabul’s embassy in New Delhi

20 Dec 2023 12:06 AM

Afghanistan's Hashmatullah Shahidi. (PTI Image)

Manish Tewari | Why India must gird itself for Pak-Afghan showdown

The fundamental conflict between Afghanistan-Pakistan can be traced back to the late 19th century.

03 Dec 2023 12:02 AM

Kamal Davar | The quagmire of Afghanistan… as Kabul, Kandahar in a power tussle

Afghanistan is now at the brink of a humanitarian disaster.

21 Jun 2023 12:10 AM

Aakar Patel | The unreality of ‘Akhand Bharat’: What we must do to bring it about

The story explained that “Akhand Bharat” was a concept espoused by Hindutva nationalists

06 Jun 2023 12:10 AM

Sri Lanka's players celebrate with the trophy at the end of the Asia Cup Twenty20 international cricket final match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Asia Cup: Team ethic triumphs

The team needed fierce commitment to the cause to come back into the competition after losing to Afghanistan in the opening game

15 Sep 2022 12:15 AM

File photo of the Partition of 1947. (Photo: AP)

Manish Tewari | 75 years later, it’s time to bury Partition legacy

Would un-partitioned India have survived the centrifugal tendencies that a constitutionally weak Centre would have brought along with it?

14 Aug 2022 12:10 AM

Afghans stand among destruction after an earthquake in Gayan village, in Paktika province, Afghanistan, Thursday, June 23, 2022. (AP Photo)

AA Edit | Quake adds to Afghan woes

Afghan continues to be disfigured by natural calamities as it sits in tectonically active terrain over a vast number of fault lines

23 Jun 2022 11:25 PM

An Afghan woman is wrapped with a blanket as she and her family camp outside the Directorate of Disaster in Herat, Afghanistan. (AP Photo)

Anita Anand | Humanitarian aid to Afghans amidst suffering: Will it be a pipe dream?

Most of the development aid coming into Afghanistan has stopped

30 Dec 2021 11:37 PM

National security adviser Ajit Doval will chair the meeting. (AP file image)

Russia, Iran to participate India's NSA-level meeting on Afghanistan on Nov 10

Invitations have been extended to China and Pakistan too, and formal responses are awaited

06 Nov 2021 7:48 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. (DC flle photo)

K.C. Singh | Amid China power games, stop divisiveness at home

The diplomatic jostling has increased between India and China after the in-person Quad summit hosted by US President Joe Biden in September

19 Oct 2021 1:25 AM

The company did not give a reason for its action. (PTI)

Adani Ports to stop handling containers from Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan

The decision comes weeks after Indian officials seized nearly three tonnes of heroin originating from Afghanistan

12 Oct 2021 10:56 AM

Kabul fell to the Taliban in August and since then people are in a state of terror with increasing cases of human rights abuses being reported from several parts of the country. (Photo: AFP)

Nothing changed between Taliban of 1990s and 2021: Report

Quraishi on Thursday that nothing has changed from how the outfit ruled that country in the 1990s

08 Oct 2021 4:40 PM

The total cost of war over the span of 20 years has been 2.3 trillion US dollars. (Photo: AP)

Manish Tewari | Why the US capitulated to Taliban in Afghanistan

Why did the United States after investing humungous amounts of blood and treasure in Afghanistan cut and run in this manner?

26 Sep 2021 2:12 AM

President Joe Biden meets with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in Washington. (AP)

Modi meets Biden: 'Seeds sown for even stronger India-US ties'

I’ve long believed that the US-India relationship can help us solve global challenges, President Biden said

25 Sep 2021 6:58 AM

The Taliban, which had been advancing through the country, marched into the capital Kabul and took charge. (Representational image: AFP)

Anita Anand | Afghans, world should just wait for the Taliban to ‘self-destruct’

While Afghanistan was the base for Al-Qaeda, the attackers were not Afghans

23 Sep 2021 11:25 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi departs from New Delhi for his visit to the USA, where he will take part in a wide range of programmes, hold talks with world leaders including POTUS. (PTI Photo)

Modi to take stock of Indo-US ties

Mr Modi said regional and global issues of mutual interest would be discussed at the bilateral meeting with the US President

22 Sep 2021 11:54 PM

Shobhaa De | In India’s neighbourhood: Kuch Kuch Ho Raha Hai…

Biden has emerged as the chief villain of the tragedy that is Afghanistan. Biden is no Gabbar Singh (the guy Bollywood fans love to hate)

18 Sep 2021 3:22 AM

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (AFP Photo)

AA Edit | Johnson eyes re-election

Hints of a Tory meritocracy are to be seen as two women and two from ethnic minorities are in four seats of power

17 Sep 2021 3:17 AM

NSA Ajit Doval welcomes Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev for a bilateral meeting on security cooperation, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Sep 8, 2021. (PTI)

India, Russia put Pakistan on notice over Afghanistan

The Russian dignitary also later called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi and met external affairs minister S. Jaishankar

09 Sep 2021 6:42 AM

AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi (Twitter@farhazkhanAIMIM)

Afghanistan's takeover by Taliban will benefit Pakistan, harm India: Owaisi

Owaisi was talking to reporters on the occasion of former MP Atiq Ahmad and his wife joining AIMIM

07 Sep 2021 8:56 PM

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