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The Taliban and ISIS fighters have regularly clashed since the latter gained a foothold in eastern Afghanistan in 2015, as the two vie for supremacy in the war-torn country. (Photo: AP)

Russia's Afghan shift worries Delhi

At Moscow meet, Kremlin softer on Taliban, closer to Pakistan.

12 Nov 2018 5:56 AM IST

President Donald Trump speaks before signing a USD 716 billion defense policy bill named for Senator John McCain Monday, in Fort Drum, New York on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Contradictory moves on Pak by Washington

The immediate implication of this move is the inevitable centre-staging and involvement of Pakistan in the new realm.

4 Feb 2019 12:20 AM IST

Noting that Al-Qaeda still maintains a presence in South Asia, the UN report said the terror group adapts to the local environment, trying to embed itself into local struggles and communities and is closely allied with the Taliban. (Representational Image | AFP)

New Delhi ready to join talks with Taliban for Afghan peace

New Delhi is also worried that the Afghan conflict has been caught up in the current tensions between Russia and the...

1 Feb 2019 5:48 AM IST

Afghanistan will not be renamed, says envoy

Envoy rules out country's name-change, says Taliban must join mainstream society.

16 Sept 2019 6:32 AM IST

Taliban fighter stand guards in the city of Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

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

Mawlawi Hafiz Mansour said the majority of Afghans waiting to take one of four evacuation flights have neither valid...

7 Sept 2021 6:02 PM IST

Mullah Baradar (AFP file photo)

Taliban co-founder Baradar to lead new Afghanistan government, sources

Haibatullah Akhunzada, the Taliban's surpreme religious leader, will focus on religious matters and governance within...

3 Sept 2021 2:31 PM IST

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan visits the Prophets Mosque in Medina, Saudi Arabia (Photo: AP)

Afghanisation' of Pak politics: The greatest head-scratcher

The Pakistani state doesn't want India in Afghanistan because it fears encirclement or whatever.

10 Dec 2018 12:03 AM IST

For the first time, the council appealed to both the Afghan government forces and the Taliban and other militants to halt the fighting and agree on a cease-fire. (Photo: AFP)

Suicide blast kills 8 near gathering of top clerics in Kabul

Shortly before attack, clerics issued Islamic ruling, or fatwa, declaring that suicide attacks are 'haram' forbidden...

4 Jun 2018 2:10 PM IST

Captain Niloofar Rahmani, 25, has requested asylum in U.S. after allegedly receiving death threats. (Photo: AFP)

Afghan activists ask Obama to ground pilot's asylum plea

Rahmani has requested asylum in the US after allegedly receiving death threats from hardline insurgents.

31 Dec 2016 1:52 AM IST

There was also no claim of responsibility for the attack in Logar but Salleh, the spokesman, accused the Taliban of planting the roadside bomb. (Photo: AP/Representational)

Taliban leader says war ends only when NATO leaves

Akhunzadah boasted international support saying 'The mainstream entities of the world admit its effectiveness,...

23 Jun 2017 11:09 AM IST

2 Pakistani diplomats go missing in Afghanistan

According to a statement by the Ministry, the diplomats went missing on June 16 while commuting to Pakistan by road.

18 Jun 2017 2:50 PM IST

One of the many boys held as a sex slave at a restaurant in an unidentified location in Afghanistan. (Photo: AFP)

Bacha bazi: How Afghans struggle to save boy sex slaves

Young boys dressed effeminately have an ornamental value in a society where the genders are tightly corralled.

20 Dec 2016 1:26 AM IST