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Smoke rises from a rocket attack during Independence Day celebrations at the Defense Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan. AP photo

Mortar shells strike Kabul as Afghans mark Independence Day

No militant group claimed responsibility for the attack and there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage

18 Aug 2020 1:23 PM IST

Representational image (AFP)

N.V. Subramanian | Afghans face turmoil: Back to a dark future

Afghanistan has an excess of local and foreign actors compounding its misery

12 Aug 2020 5:14 PM IST

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...

19 Oct 2021 1:25 AM IST

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

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

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

12 Oct 2021 10:56 AM IST

Taliban fighters gather along a street during a rally in Kabul. (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

8 Oct 2021 4:40 PM IST

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

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

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

6 Nov 2021 7:48 AM IST

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...

Most of the development aid coming into Afghanistan has stopped

30 Dec 2021 11:37 PM IST

Afghanistan is said to be the graveyard of empires, but it is also proving to be the breeding ground of ironies. Trophies are sought to be handed out to the most violent. (Photo: AP)

Anand K. Sahay | As Afghan mess grows, India must be cautious

In these circumstances, India must learn to do its own sums even as it seeks to be collegial

16 March 2021 4:54 AM IST

Since India is now going to sit at the high table to decide the future of Afghanistan it must seriously consider what real strategic interests it has in Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

Manish Tewari | Does India have strategic interests in Afghanistan?

Hard questions with regard to our real interests in Afghanistan were never asked then and are not being asked even now

14 March 2021 4:48 AM IST

The first concrete move from the US side under the new Joseph Biden administration would appear to have deepened uncertainties in respect of the unfolding situation in Afghanistan in the context of the withdrawal of all US troops by May 1 this year. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Uncertainty deepens after US move on Afghanistan

It is to be seen what former President Hamid Karzai and others make of the Blinken approach in contrast with that of...

11 March 2021 4:27 AM IST

Of concern to India is the United States pushing Afghanistan towards what the draft paper sent to all parties, including the Taliban, calls the Afghanistan Peace Agreement. (Photo: AP)

K.C. Singh | Afghan trouble looming: Pak likely to make gains

The Biden presidency has directly or indirectly impacted other South Asian developments too

11 March 2021 4:06 AM IST

Pakistans generals, who own and control the Taliban, want more than anything else to forcefully and completely eject all Indian presence from Afghanistan. (Photo: AFP)

Indranil Banerjie | US Afghan exit a pyrrhic victory for Pak generals?

The last time the Taliban had taken over Afghanistan, 26 years ago, India's historical presence in Afghanistan was...

20 April 2021 12:00 AM IST