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Militants have carried out several roadside bombings and rocket attacks in Kabul and other parts of the country in recent weeks. (AP)

Four back-to-back bomb explosions rock Kabul city

The explosions come as authorities are trying to impose a lockdown in the capital to curb the spread of coronavirus in...

11 May 2020 9:44 AM

Bomb explosion in Kabul mosque kills at least 4 people

Bomb explosion in Kabul mosque kills at least 4 people

Violence has spiked in recent weeks in Afghanistan with most of the attacks claimed by the Islamic State group affiliate

12 Jun 2020 2:40 PM

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

8 Oct 2021 8:25 PM

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Asad Durrani | The Three Ks: Some old ideas revisited

The concept was heavy on strategy and avoided concrete steps unless they were required to illustrate an argument

12 Jan 2021 5:14 AM

An Indian embassy staff member with his family arrives at Air force base, in Jamnagar, India, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. A special military flight with Indian officials landed in Gujarat after taking off from Kabuls main airport on Tuesday. (Gujarat State Information Office via 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 1:43 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

27 Aug 2021 8:22 PM

People evacuated from Kabul arrive at Hindon Air force base near New Delhi, India. Sunday, August 22, 2021. A special military flight carrying 168 people, which include 107 Indian nationals and 61 others, landed at Hindon Air force base near New Delhi. (AP)

India airlifts 392 from Afghanistan, more evacuation flights on the...

With Sunday's evacuation, the number of people brought back by India from Kabul reached around 590 since last Monday

22 Aug 2021 5:58 AM

This handout photo courtesy of US Marines Corps shows US Marines assigned to 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit escort evacuees during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport, Kabul, Afghanistan, August 18, 2021. (Nicholas GUEVARA / US Marine Corps/ AFP)

Shobhaa De | In Afghanistan, the real villains are Americans

With Kabul gone, the Taliban is back in control, and that is indeed an ominous sign for us, here in India, as well as...

20 Aug 2021 6:40 PM

Taliban fighters take control of Afghan presidential palace after the Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled the country, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. (AP)

K.C. Singh | What next in Kabul: Has Taliban really changed?

The Taliban have so far maintained a disciplined deployment in Kabul, avoiding revenge killings or intrusions into homes

18 Aug 2021 8:23 PM

President Ashraf Ghani. (File photo:AP)

Afghan president Ghani flees country as Taliban enter Kabul

Taliban sources told that the insurgents had taken control of the presidential palace and that a meeting on security in...

15 Aug 2021 6:27 PM

Taliban fighters patrol inside the city of Kandahar, southwest Afghanistan, Sunday, Aug. 15, 2021. (Representational Photo:AP)

India's infrastructure in Afghanistan at stake

It is learnt that a fleet of the C-17 Globemaster military transport aircraft of the IAF is kept on standby to undertake...

15 Aug 2021 6:30 PM

Taliban fighters gather along a street during a rally in Kabul. (Photo: AFP)

Anita Anand | Afghans, world should just wait for the Taliban to...

While Afghanistan was the base for Al-Qaeda, the attackers were not Afghans

23 Sept 2021 5:55 PM