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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

Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani (Photo: AP)

Will Taghir herald a new Afghanistan?

No representative of the Ghani government has participated in talks so far when as many as 11 members of the Taliban...

19 Oct 2018 7:44 PM

Simultaneously, we have got past the single biggest impediment to initiating serious negotiations in Afghanistan the absence of direct talks between the US and the Taliban.

Afghans set to vote despite Taliban threats, corruption

Many of those Afghans brave enough to defy the death threats hope to vote in a new generation of younger and...

19 Oct 2018 9:07 AM

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)

Bomb kills Afghan election candidate, wounds seven: officials

Taliban quickly claimed responsibility for the attack, which takes number of candidates killed so far during campaign...

17 Oct 2018 9:35 AM

Noting that Al-Qaeda still maintains a presence in South Asia, the UN report said the terror group adapts to the local environment, trying to embed itself into local struggles and communities and is closely allied with the Taliban. (Representational Image | AFP)

Taliban vow to attack Afghan security forces during elections

Latest declaration comes just days before the parliamentary election, which is seen as a crucial dry run for next year's...

8 Oct 2018 9:30 AM

Former J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah (Photo: PTI)

Omar Abdullah hits out at Centre over joining Afghan talks with...

If participation in talks with Taliban was acceptable, 'why not non-official dialogue with non-mainstream stake holders...

9 Nov 2018 7:11 AM

Despite informal and regular contact between the Taliban and senior Afghan officials, there are no prospects of early public peace talks that could bring an end to the protracted war. (Representational Image)

India to join Afghan talks with Taliban in Russia at 'non-official'...

For 2nd time, Russia is attempting to bring regional powers together while discovering ways to establish peace in...

9 Nov 2018 2:54 AM

Maulana Samiul Haq, 82, was the head of the Islamic religious seminary Darul Uloom Haqqania in Khyber Pakhtunkhwas Akora Khattak town and also the chief of the hardline political party Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Sami (JUI-S). (Photo: Twitter | ANI)

Maulana Samiul Haq, 'godfather of Taliban', killed in gun attack in...

Maulana Samiul Haq was killed by unidentified attackers in a house where he was staying.

2 Nov 2018 3:27 PM

The hotel attack was followed by a Taliban-claimed ambulance bombing on January 27 in the Afghan capital that claimed over 100 lives. (photo: AFP)

ISI trained terrorist involved in Kabul hotel attack: Afghanistan...

Afghanistan's Permanent Representative to the UN, Mahmoud Saikal, made the serious allegation against the ISI in a tweet...

30 Jan 2018 9:35 AM

The US government has sometimes referred to such numbers in the 16-year-old war to show how the Afghan security forces are faring against a resurgent Taliban. (Photo: AFP)

Pentagon bars data disclosure on extent of Taliban control in...

At issue are a number of populous Afghan districts, considered to be held by the Kabul government or by insurgents or...

30 Jan 2018 8:38 AM

On January 20, Taliban fighters stormed Kabuls landmark Intercontinental hotel and killed at least 25 people, the majority foreigners, in an ordeal lasting more than 12 hours. (Photo: AP)

Kabul on edge: Gunmen attack military base, multiple casualties

Kabul remains on high alert as the city braces for further attacks.

29 Jan 2018 3:53 AM

The explosion comes exactly a week after Taliban militants stormed a luxury hotel in Kabul, killing at least 22 people, the majority foreigners. (Photo: ANI)

95 killed, 158 injured in suicide car bombing in Kabul, Taliban claims...

Zabihullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, claimed responsibility for the attack.

27 Jan 2018 9:12 AM