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No group, including the Taliban, has so far claimed responsibility for the blast. (Photo: Representational/AFP)

14 policemen, 6 insurgents killed in Taliban attack in Afghanistan

Afghan forces have struggled to combat Taliban since US and NATO forces formally concluded their combat mission in 2014.

28 Oct 2017 6:04 PM IST

The Centre had also said that some Rohingyas are indulging in illegal and anti-national activities such as mobilisation of funds through hundi or hawala channels, procurring fake or fabricated Indian identity documents for other Rohingyas and also indulging in human trafficking. (Photo: AP/File)

Time is ripe to choose butter over guns

In the middle of all this, the India-Pakistan standoff continues.

22 Oct 2017 12:48 AM IST

Spokesman Dawlat Wazir said the attack late Wednesday involved two suicide car bombs and set off hours of fighting. He says nine other soldiers were wounded and six have gone missing. (Photo: AFP/Representational)

43 Afghan soldiers killed in attack on army camp by Taliban

Afghan forces have struggled to combat a resurgent Taliban since US and NATO forces formally concluded their combat...

19 Oct 2017 2:00 PM IST

This still image made from a 2013 video released by the Coleman family shows Caitlan Coleman and her husband, Canadian Joshua Boyle in a militant video given to the family. (Photo: AP)

Taliban rejects Canadian man's allegation of rape, murder, calls it...

Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid rejected the accusation as propaganda by the Western governments that helped...

15 Oct 2017 3:54 PM IST

(Photo: Twitter/@Genlawang1)

American couple, 3 kids held captive by Taliban, freed after 5 yrs in...

The Pakistani military confirmed the release and said the family was 'being repatriated to the country of their origin.'

13 Oct 2017 9:27 AM IST

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)

Taliban releases statement, says not tired of war in Afghanistan

According to a Khama Press report, the statement said that the Taliban represents the Afghan nation and asked American...

8 Oct 2017 3:06 PM IST

Taliban leaders live in style with drug money: US general

In August, Trump outlined a new strategy for the war in Afghanistan, chastising Pakistan over its alleged support for...

30 Nov 2017 6:03 AM IST

Afghan National Army soldiers in thwe Sangin district of Kandahar province in Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

Kabul's new Great Game: Delhi must play to win

The Narendra Modi government must know that this is a great game that Delhi must play to win.

22 Nov 2017 6:08 AM IST

The 14-metre high Kanjur stone Buddha image has been unearthed after 80 years.

1,700-year-old sleeping Buddha unveiled in Pakistan

Buddhist site in Bhamala province was first discovered in 1929

17 Nov 2017 4:37 AM IST

Afghanistans foreign minister Salahuddin Rabbani (Photo: AP)

Terrorism in Afghanistan product of Pak's lon-standing policy: Rabbani...

'Afghanistan has maintained a principal position of seeking to resolve differences with Pakistan through dialogue',...

26 Sept 2017 2:45 PM IST

File photo of the site where the helicopter crashed.

Afghan Army helicopter crashes, killing 25 on board: Officials

Among the dead were the deputy army corps commander for western Afghanistan and head of the Farah provincial council.

31 Oct 2018 2:55 PM IST

Baradars release comes after the recent election of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has long advocated talks with the Taliban and other Islamist insurgents in the region to bring an end to years of fighting. (Photo: AP)

Pak frees Taliban leader after US talks with militants:â€‰sources

Abdul Ghani Baradar as the most high-profile Afghan Taliban leader detained by Pakistan since the 9/11 attacks in 2001.

26 Oct 2018 11:58 AM IST