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The India-made Tejas MK-1 is now said to be 'the smallest, lightweight, multirole, single-engine tactical fighter aircraft in the world'. (Representational Photo: PTI)

Sunanda K. Datta-Ray | India must be watchful as it begins Taliban dialogue

The Sifarat-e-Hind, as the embassy is called, in Shahre Nau, was one of India’s best guarded diplomatic establishments

02 Sep 2021 1:05 AM

Taliban fighters gather along a street during a rally in Kabul. (Photo: AFP)

Al Qaeda praises Taliban's 'historic victory' in Afghanistan

Al Qaeda's leaders said it 'soothed' their hearts to hear verses from the Quran recited in the 'Presidential Palace' in Kabul

01 Sep 2021 2:40 PM

The UNSC Resolution asked for “every effort (to) be made to allow for the rapid and secure reopening of the Kabul airport and its surrounding area” for evacuations. (AFP)

UN Security Council adopts resolution to hold Taliban to its pledges

Thirteen members voted in favour of the resolution drafted by France, UK and the US while Russia and China abstained

01 Sep 2021 8:20 AM

Taliban fighters wave from the back of a pickup truck, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. Many Afghans are anxious about the Taliban rule and are figuring out ways to get out of Afghanistan. (AP /Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi)

Taliban celebrate defeating the United States

US' longest military conflict drew to a close on Monday when its forces abandoned Kabul's airport, where it had overseen a frenzied airlift

31 Aug 2021 12:50 PM

People evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, walk through the terminal before boarding a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. (AP/Jose Luis Magana)

As US military leaves Kabul, many Americans, Afghans remain

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the U.S. will continue to try to get Americans and Afghans out of the country

31 Aug 2021 10:16 AM

Picture of the last soldier of the US Army leaving Afghanistan. (Photo: Twitter/@18airbornecorps)

Last troops exit Afghanistan, ending America’s longest war

Air Force transport planes carried a remaining contingent of troops from Kabul airport late Monday

31 Aug 2021 10:00 AM

In this image provided by the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Air Force loadmasters and pilots assigned to the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, load people being evacuated from Afghanistan onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

Afghans told to leave Kabul airport over 'very credible' Islamic State threat

The U.S. embassy in Kabul advised citizens to avoid travelling to the airport

26 Aug 2021 2:40 PM

In this image provided by the Department of Defense, two paratroopers assigned to the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division conduct security while a C-130 Hercules takes off during a evacuation operation in Kabul, Aug. 25, 2021. (Department of Defense via AP)

What is the Islamic State threat in Afghanistan?

President Biden said there is 'an acute and growing risk' of an attack at airport by the group's regional chapter - Islamic State-Khorasan

26 Aug 2021 10:41 AM

In this August 22, 2021, image provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, a family walks towards a U.S. Air Force Boeing C-17 Globemaster III during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Sgt. Samuel Ruiz/U.S. Marine Corps via AP)

Evacuation from Afghanistan: India brings back 78 people

India carried out the evacuation missions in coordination with the US and several other friendly countries

24 Aug 2021 12:49 PM

Afghans living in India, purchase food from a street vendor at Lajpat Nagar in New Delhi, Aug. 16, 2021. (PTI/Kamal Kishore)

Many Afghans in Delhi don't want to go back

Hundreds of students from Afghanistan studying at Delhi’s Jawaharlal Nehru University and other universities are not willing to return

18 Aug 2021 9:55 AM

Security beefed up outside the Afghanistan Embassy by Delhi Police, in New Delhi, Monday, August 16, 2021. (PTI/ Manvender Vashist)

Will ensure safety of Indians in Afghanistan: MEA

Some of the Indian nationals who had been staying and working in Afghanistan on projects or in companies are yet to be evacuated

17 Aug 2021 7:29 AM

Nations can have long memories and diplomacy can become the victim of its past actions. Representational Image. (Twitter)

K C Singh | Taliban’s gains, US exit add to India’s dilemma

The issue was how to balance this policy tweak against India’s long-standing policy of nonalignment for close to half a century

27 Jul 2021 2:07 AM

A Pakistan-dependent dispensation in Kabul, especially one that has strong Chinese backing, a prospect made feasible on account of the US departure from Afghanistan on account of war-weariness, will also seek to deny India a physical link to Central Asia. (Twitter)

AA Edit | It’s time for straight talk with US on Afghanistan

Even if India does not have a direct border with Afghanistan after Partition, that country lies just beyond our borders

26 Jul 2021 2:37 AM

Thousands of Afghan women banned from public life during the Taliban days. Representational Image. (PTI)

Indranil Banerjie | Dark days loom for Afghans: Will Kabul die another day?

After a bitter nine-year war, Mikhail Gorbachev finally pulled the plug on a conflict that had claimed thousands of Afghan and Soviet lives

18 Jul 2021 11:50 PM

Pak says their support towards these Islamic organisations can prevent India’s involvement in Afghanistan and Kashmir. (Photo: AP)

South Asian peace possible only if Pak stops supporting Islamic terrorists: reports

The international community says, it is unacceptable that Pak has foreign policy that encourages extremists’ refuge on their soil.

16 Dec 2017 4:20 PM

In her address to an event organised by the US India Friendship Council, Haley said Trump has taken a 'tougher approach to Pakistan harbouring terrorists'. (Photo: PTI/File)

Seek India's help in rebuilding Afghanistan, keep an eye on Pak: Nikki Haley

Haley said one of the pillars of Trump's strategy is the development of America's strategic partnership with India.

18 Oct 2017 9:25 AM

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