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Afghan and foreign security personnel stand guard in front of a hospital after gunmen attacked, in Kabul. (AP)

US blames Islamic State on Kabul maternity hospital attack

Afghan president orders military to switch to offensive mode against the Taliban following the hospital attack and...

15 May 2020 12:18 PM IST

Afghan special forces stand guard at the site of a suicide bomber attack on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP)

End to terrorist safe heavens key for Afghan peace: India to US

India currently has extremely close ties with Afghanistan under president Ghani

8 May 2020 12:11 PM IST

Security personnel wearing facemasks stop motorists at a checkpoint during a government-imposed lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Kabul. (AFP)

Seven killed in police checkpoint attack in Afghan, Government...

The latest bloodshed comes as the Taliban and the Afghan government appear to move closer towards potential peace...

13 Jun 2020 7:20 PM IST

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 8:10 PM IST

Peace talks to begin between Taliban, Afghan government 19 years after 9/11 triggered war

Peace talks to begin between Taliban, Afghan government 19 years after...

The US-backed negotiations come six months later than planned owing to bitter disagreements over a controversial...

12 Sept 2020 10:47 AM 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

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

9 Oct 2021 1:55 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

A member of the Taliban special forces pushes a journalist (L) covering a demonstration by women protestors outside a school in Kabul. (Photo: AFP)

Rights group expresses concern over Taliban's new media rules

As per the regulations, journalists are required to 'ensure that their reporting is balanced'

1 Oct 2021 12:54 PM IST

Zabihullah Mujahid, the spokesman for the interim Taliban government. (Representational Photo: ANI)

Taliban expand interim cabinet, 27 new members named

In September, the Taliban announced a new list of 17 more ministers in the caretaker Afghanistan Cabinet

23 Nov 2021 3:20 PM IST

The concerns that are shared and reflected in the Delhi Declaration are: drug trafficking; refuge to terrorist organisations and their leaders; the impending humanitarian crisis due to the onset of winter and the paucity of resources with the Taliban regime. Representational Image. (AFP)

K.C. Singh | Tackling Taliban-run Af: Difficult path lies ahead

Eight nations issued a joint Delhi Declaration, with twelve sub paras stressing, recalling, condemning or emphasising...

12 Nov 2021 3:07 AM IST

This photograph provided by the Ministry of External Affairs shows, From left, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Russia, India, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

India, 7 other nations adopt Delhi Declaration, stress on forming govt...

The participants expressed deep concern over the suffering of the people of Afghanistan

10 Nov 2021 3:24 PM IST