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Taliban fighters wave from the back of a pickup truck, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. Many Afghans are anxious about the Taliban rule and are figuring out ways to get out of Afghanistan. (AP /Khwaja Tawfiq Sediqi)

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | Terrorists to state's men': Will UN go...

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

15 Sept 2021 2:14 AM IST

Taliban fighters atop vehicles with Taliban flags parade along a road to celebrate after the US pulled all its troops out of Afghanistan, in Kandahar on September 1, 2021 following the Talibans military takeover of the country. (Photo: AFP)

Taliban set to announce government, Akhundzada to be top leader

Top religious leader Mullah Hebatullah Akhundzada to be Afghanistan's supreme authority

3 Sept 2021 1:04 AM IST

Indian delegation led by MEA Joint Secretary (PAI) J.P. Singh during their visit to see Indian developmental projects, in Kabul, Thursday, June 2, 2022. The delegation also meets senior Taliban leadership and oversees the delivery operations of Indias humanitarian assistance to Afghanistan. (PTI Photo)

Indian team to visit Kabul for first time in Taliban region

A visiting team led by senior diplomat J.P. Singh held talks in Kabul on Thursday with senior Taliban leaders

3 Jun 2022 1:47 AM IST

What we must first do is disabuse ourselves of any fanciful nations that India either has strategic interests or can be a player in Afghanistan. (Representational Image/ Bloomberg)

Kamal Davar | The quagmire of Afghanistan as Kabul, Kandahar in a...

Afghanistan is now at the brink of a humanitarian disaster.

21 Jun 2023 12:10 AM IST

Afghanistans general literacy rate is one of the lowest in the world - just 36 per cent, according to official figures. (Photo: AFP)

Afghan mum cradling baby during university exam goes viral

Ahmadi appears a little bemused by the attention triggered by the photo of her cradling baby Khizran during the exam...

26 March 2018 11:07 AM IST

Victims in double explosions lie on the ground in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Kabul's day of horror

Kabul has seen anti-government protests on this count lately. Considerable responsibility rests with the United States.

2 May 2018 2:42 AM IST

Lit candles are placed in the ground during a candlelight vigil in support of the victims and their relatives following a series of bomb attacks in Surabaya, in Jakarta on May 14, 2018. (Photo: AFP)

12 dead, 31 wounded in blast outside govt ministry in Kabul

The blast took place at the entrance to Afghanistan's rural rehabilitation and development ministry.

11 Jun 2018 2:01 PM IST

The scene inside this Kabul gym is repeated at venues all round the capital, where bodybuilding has become ubiquitous since the fall of the Taliban regime.

Bodybuilding, the pursuit of beauty in Kabul

The sport has a long tradition in Afghanistan, and was even tolerated by the Taliban when they ruled the country from...

25 Jun 2018 10:58 AM IST

A blast from explosives placed on a motorbike killed at least six people, including four children, and wounded nine other children in Herat province in western Afghanistan. (Representational Image)

At least 7 killed in blast near procession in Afghan capital

Police said suicide attack came hours after another suspected suicide bomber was shot by cops in Kabul before he could...

10 Sept 2018 2:36 PM IST

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Life before the Taliban

Fascinating photographs of Afghanistan in the 1960s by Dr William Podlich are a far cry from the war-torn images in the...

9 July 2017 5:22 AM IST

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Afghans have deep distrust for Pak govt

The rise of Taliban insurgents as the most serious threat to the gains made in the field of education.

23 Dec 2017 1:27 AM IST