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The U.S. is under pressure to help the remaining Americans and green card holders leave Afghanistan, and it has promised to work with the Taliban to do that. (AP Photo)

Afghans with valid visas and passports can take evacuation flights: Taliban

Mawlawi Hafiz Mansour said the majority of Afghans waiting to take one of four evacuation flights have neither valid visas nor passports

07 Sep 2021 6:02 PM

We need to reinforce our security and intelligence apparatus, because sooner rather than later the fallout of the Taliban will be increased terrorism on our borders. Representational Image. (AFP)

Pavan K. Varma | Shun J&K peace bait, don’t talk to Taliban

Ultimately, the Taliban, by its very nature, will actively encourage jihadi groups to use Islamic terrorism beyond its territories

05 Sep 2021 2:18 AM

A Taliban fighter stands on an armoured vehicle with a Taliban flag during a parade along a road to celebrate after the US pulled all its troops out of Afghanistan, in Kandahar on September 1, 2021 following the Taliban’s military takeover of the country. (Photo:AFP)

India: Want Taliban to keep terror off Afghanistan

India said its primary concern was that Afghan soil should not be used for terror against India

03 Sep 2021 1:24 AM

Taliban fighters atop vehicles with Taliban flags parade along a road to celebrate after the US pulled all its troops out of Afghanistan, in Kandahar on September 1, 2021 following the Taliban’s military takeover of the country. (Photo: AFP)

Taliban set to announce government, Akhundzada to be top leader

Top religious leader Mullah Hebatullah Akhundzada to be Afghanistan's supreme authority

03 Sep 2021 1:04 AM

Skyesports remains dedicated in its focus on the grassroots community and will be broadcasting all of the action from the championship in nine languages. — By arrangement

Skyesports Championship 3.0 revealed with Rs 55L prize pool & 6 gaming titles

With Rs. 25,00,000 on the line, the majority of the prize pool will be going to one of India’s favourite games, BGMI

02 Sep 2021 9:34 PM

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

India had stationed a few of its planes in Dushanbe at the Ayni airbase there. A C-130J was also used to bring passengers from Kabul to Dushanbe from where they were flown back to India. (PTI Photo)

Indian Air Force C-17, C-130J aircraft return home from Afghan evacuation operations

IAF aircraft were also used for evacuating Indian officials stuck in Mazar-e-Sharif and Kandahar consulates

30 Aug 2021 5:43 PM

Defence Minister Rajnath SIngh addresses at the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, Tamil Nadu, Sunday, Aug 29, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Changing Afghan power equations a challenge for India, rethinking strategy: Rajnath

Singh said the defence ministry was seriously considering the formation of Integrated Battle Groups

30 Aug 2021 6:49 AM

An Indian embassy staff member with his family arrives at Air force base, in Jamnagar. (Representational Photo:AP)

Most Indians in Afghanistan back home

India on Friday said the question of recognition of a new government in Afghanistan was tantamount to 'jumping the gun'

28 Aug 2021 7:13 AM

In the Taliban pecking order, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar sits on top, with Mullah Mohammad Yakub, son of founder Mullah Omar, coming next. (File Photo: AFP)

K.C. Singh | India’s options limited as Pakistan makes hay in Kabul

Three nations that didn’t withdraw diplomatic missions from Kabul are Pakistan, China and Russia

28 Aug 2021 1:52 AM

‘Afghanistan has changed, women will fight back’

Marzia Babakarkhail has zero regrets for taking on the Taliban and is planning her return

27 Aug 2021 12:54 AM

External affairs minister S. Jaishankar. (Photo: PTI)

India digs in for long haul in Afghan: Evacuation is top priority, says Government

On Thursday, an Indian Air Force special flight evacuated 24 Indian nationals and 11 Nepalese from Kabul to New Delhi

26 Aug 2021 11:56 PM

Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, walk through the terminal before boarding a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021. (AP Photo)

Afghans can visit India only on e-visa

Previously issued visas to all Afghan nationals, who are presently not in India, stand invalidated with immediate effect

26 Aug 2021 12:33 AM

The Iranian Civil Aviation Authority denied the report, saying that the plane refuelled in Mashhad and then flew to Kiev. (PTI Photo)

Ukraine, Iran deny hijacking of evacuation plane from Afghanistan: Report

Ukraine's deputy foreign minister Yevgeny Yenin had claimed that a Ukrainian plane was hijacked in Afghanistan by unidentified people

24 Aug 2021 5:57 PM

In this Aug. 22, 2021, image provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, a Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command provides water to families during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Sgt. Samuel Ruiz/U.S. Marine Corps via AP)

Afghan crisis: Government calls all-party meet, to brief Opposition and other leaders

Sources said that IAF special flights are likely late on Monday night to evacuate the remaining Indian nationals in Afghanistan

24 Aug 2021 6:50 AM

The consistent stand of India, whether it was that of the BJP-led NDA or the Congress-led UPA, was that there are no “good Taliban” or “bad Taliban”, and that the Taliban as Islamic terrorists were all bad. Representational Image. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India’s real problem on Taliban is its Pak links

India’s first real brush with the Taliban came during the December 1999 Indian Airlines IC-814 hijacking

24 Aug 2021 4:19 AM

The Narendra Modi government has not said much officially about the way in which the United States has handled the retreat from Afghanistan and its consequences for India, but most foreign policy commentators and the media have been extremely critical. (PTI)

Sanjaya Baru | A mantra for all strategic pacts: ‘Trust, but verify’

It’s a thought that India has been forced to remember by the recent events in Afghanistan

23 Aug 2021 1:29 AM

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (AP Photo)

Britain to convene G7 meeting on Afghanistan

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he will convene a meeting of leaders from the Group of Seven nations on Tuesday

23 Aug 2021 1:12 AM

Afghanistan's most popular film personalities Sahraa Karimi. (AFP Photo)

The world was silent: Afghan filmmaker Sahraa Karimi on Taliban takeover

The world was silent and didn't believe that the Taliban would come to the town and take over the capital of the country, Sahraa Karimi said

22 Aug 2021 7:40 PM

The people cited above said the Indians were taken away for questioning and it is not unusual under the current circumstances. (Representational-AFP)

Indians detained on way to Kabul airport; Released subsequently: Reports

India on Saturday evacuated around 80 Indian nationals from Kabul by a transport military aircraft of the Indian Air Force

21 Aug 2021 5:33 PM

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