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Security officials and rescue workers conduct an operation to clear the rubble and search for bodies at the site of Monday's suicide bombing, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. The death toll from the previous day's suicide bombing at a mosque in northwestern Pakistani rose to more than 85 on Tuesday, officials said. The assault on a Sunni Mosque inside a major police facility was one of the deadliest attacks on Pakistani security forces in recent years. (Photo: AP)

AA Edit | Pak singed, playing with fire

Given the background of encouragement for disruptive elements who use bombs as a weapon against civilians as well, Pak is far from blameless

01 Feb 2023 12:10 AM

The US National Security Agency’s eavesdropping mission includes radio broadcasting, both from various organisations and individuals, the Internet, telephone calls, and other intercepted forms of communication. (Representational Image)

Mohan Guruswamy | Beware world! Big Brother is listening and watching…

The US and some other countries have an array of space satellites orbiting at preselected trajectories to watch over their areas of interest

09 Aug 2022 12:08 AM

Malala Yousafzai slams Taliban for hijab decree, urges world leaders to take action

Malala urged world leaders to hold Taliban accountable for violating the human rights of Afghan women

10 May 2022 1:36 PM

Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman for the interim Taliban government. (Representational Photo: ANI)

Taliban expand interim cabinet, 27 new members named

In September, the Taliban announced a new list of 17 more ministers in the caretaker Afghanistan Cabinet

23 Nov 2021 3:20 PM

The concerns that are shared and reflected in the Delhi Declaration are: drug trafficking; refuge to terrorist organisations and their leaders; the impending humanitarian crisis due to the onset of winter and the paucity of resources with the Taliban regime. Representational Image. (AFP)

K.C. Singh | Tackling Taliban-run Af: Difficult path lies ahead

Eight nations issued a joint Delhi Declaration, with twelve sub paras stressing, recalling, condemning or emphasising the salient issues

12 Nov 2021 3:07 AM

This photograph provided by the Ministry of External Affairs shows, From left, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Russia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

India, 7 other nations adopt Delhi Declaration, stress on forming govt in Afghanistan

The participants expressed deep concern over the suffering of the people of Afghanistan

10 Nov 2021 3:24 PM

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

Not only did the Afghan Army not fire a shot, in places it virtually spread out the red carpet for the Taliban to enter. (Photo: AFP)

Saeed Naqvi | US doesn’t really want to know why it lost in Kabul

The macabre headlines about US Marines urinating on a pile of dead Afghans made Page One in many newspapers

09 Oct 2021 1:55 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

A member of the Taliban special forces pushes a journalist (L) covering a demonstration by women protestors outside a school in Kabul. (Photo: AFP)

Rights group expresses concern over Taliban's new media rules

As per the regulations, journalists are required to 'ensure that their reporting is balanced'

01 Oct 2021 12:54 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

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

Mr Blinken, of course, offered the standard alibis that his boss, US President Joe Biden, has been dispensing ever since Kabul fell to the Taliban fighters on August 15. (AP Photo)

K.C. Singh | Engage Iran & Russia to keep Pak in check in Afghanistan

The US also did not expect the rapid collapse of the Afghan National Army (ANA), which has left Afghanistan in chaos

17 Sep 2021 2:13 AM

A few facts about the Taliban’s background could be worth revisiting. (Representational Photo:AP)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Terrorists to ‘state’s men’: Will UN go League’s way?

Put simply, the Taliban members of the new Afghan 'state' have blood on their hands

15 Sep 2021 2:14 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

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

Why has he not been arrested yet? Who is stopping the Shiv Sena from doing that? The Shiv Sena must answer this and Mr Akhtar must apologise for his comments. He has seen the RSS’s ways. But he has not seen the Taliban’s ways, a BJP leader said. — DC file photo

Comparison of RSS with Taliban wrong: Sena

Akhtar said that the Taliban are barbaric, their actions are reprehensible, but those supporting the RSS, VHP, Bajrang Dal are all the same

07 Sep 2021 8:08 AM

The ISI chief's trip is the first high-level visit by a Pakistani official since the Taliban took over Kabul on August 15 in a move that surprised both their foes and friends. (AFP Photo)

Pak ISI chief rushes to Kabul as Taliban struggle to form inclusive government

Pakistan was often accused by the Afghanistan government of giving the Taliban military aid, a charge denied by Islamabad

05 Sep 2021 7:39 AM

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

Taliban Political office Deputy Head Sher Mohammad Abbas Stanekzai and Germany's Ambassador to Afghanistan Marx Putzel. (Photo: Twitter)

Senior Taliban leader meets German envoy, discusses Afghanistan situation

The leaders discussed situation in Afghanistan, reopening of Kabul Airport and the continuation of German humanitarian aid to Afghanistan

03 Sep 2021 3:01 PM

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