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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, shake hands prior to their luncheon talks, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

A stranglehold broken: Asian geopolitics shifts

India was forced to ship the biscuits through a long and circuitous route via Bandar Abbas port in Iran.

30 Oct 2017 6:43 PM GMT

Afghanistan Foreign Minister Salahuddin Rabbani shakes hands with Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj as they exchange agreements in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

Wheat for Afghans sent via Chabahar

It may be recalled Pakistan is an obstacle to the direct India-Afghan trade route that passes through Pakistani...

29 Oct 2017 8:13 PM GMT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, shake hands prior to their luncheon talks, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Reinforcing ties with Kabul

India also made clear that besides fighting terrorism, it sought an Afghan-led, Afghan-owned and Afghan-controlled...

25 Oct 2017 8:26 PM GMT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, shake hands prior to their luncheon talks, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Modi, Ghani hold detailed terror, security, aid review

Modi-Ghani meet came just a day before US secretary of state Tillerson will hold talks with Indian leadership.

24 Oct 2017 7:16 PM GMT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (right) and Afghanistan President Mohammad Ashraf Ghani arrive for talks in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: Sondeep Shankar)

India to extend aid for Afghan defence forces

This was President Ghani's fourth visit to India in the last 3 years and 12th personal interaction between the two...

24 Oct 2017 7:53 PM GMT

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the President of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani, wave at the media prior to their luncheon talks, in New Delhi on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Modi, Afghan President discuss global issues, resolve to end terror

The two leaders also discussed ways to further the shared objective of promoting security and stability in Afghanistan.

24 Oct 2017 10:16 AM GMT

Secretary of state Rex Tillerson talks with the pilots as he sits in the cockpit of C-17 aircraft on Monday on the way to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

Rex Tillerson makes surprise visit to Kabul

Ahead of his Pak-India visits, secretary of state meets President Ghani to discuss new US Afghan policy.

24 Oct 2017 12:25 AM GMT

Afghan security personnel gather next to a vehicle which was used in a suicide bombing outside a wedding hall in Kabul. (Photo: AFP)

Suicide bomber targets Ashraf Ghani's critics, 14 killed

Ashraf Ghani issued a statement condemning the attack as a criminal act .

16 Nov 2017 9:26 PM GMT

Political tensions are up as politicians have begun jockeying for position ahead of presidential elections expected in 2019. (Photo: AP)

9 killed, scores injured in suicide bombing, IS claims responsibility:...

The explosion was the latest in a wave of violence that has killed and wounded thousands of civilians in Afghanistan in...

16 Nov 2017 12:44 PM GMT

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani (Photo: AP)

The warring lovechildren of Cold War era

Caught in the midst of these competing ambitions is the fledgling government of the Fulbright scholar and academician...

10 Nov 2017 7:28 PM GMT

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj (Photo: AP)

Sushma Swaraj to meet G-4 leaders on strategy

The four countries are looking to be permanent members of the UN Security Council.

20 Sep 2017 10:44 PM GMT

An Afghan policeman searches voters before casting their votes, with many voters having to queue for hours. (Photo: AFP)

Nearly 170 casualties as violence rocks chaotic Afghan elections

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for blast, but Taliban said earlier it had carried out more than 300...

20 Oct 2018 2:20 PM GMT