'Prime Minister Narendra Modi should have called his MLAs and ministers and...
Meanwhile, Afghanistan authorities defends sitting during Pakistan's national...
Ryan Wesley Routh, who authorities suspect was planning to attack the...
Wardak had taken charge as the acting ambassador of Afghanistan to New Delhi...
A senior Afghan interim government official on Monday confirmed that strikes...
Singh, the joint secretary heading the division for Pakistan, Afghanistan and...
The Taliban government in Afghanistan is not going anywhere.That being the...
Indian officials on Sunday said that an Indian plane was not involved in a...
The quake triggered panic among people, with many in Delhi and the National...
The embassy said it was 'cognisant' that some may attempt to characterise...
Afghan refugee prepare to return home after Pakistan issued undocumented...
Local officials in Herat said that over 30 people have died and more than 600...
The Afghanistan Embassy in New Delhi announced Saturday night that it is...
The Afghan embassy in India has purportedly come out with a communication on...
August 15, 2023 marked two years since the Taliban captured power in...
Ahead of the second anniversary of its grabbing power in Afghanistan, the...
"So, there was no infiltration of any Afghani Taliban... To that effect, we...
Mamundzay was appointed by the previous Ashraf Ghani government and he has...
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu and his counterparts from Uzbekistan...
Panic-stricken people rushed out of buildings as the earthquake struck around...
Ahmed Shah Massoud's assassination, 9/11 and the defeat and ejection of the...
While talking to mediapersons in Mahbubabad, Sharmila said, "He (KCR) is a...
A spokesperson of the Karachi Police confirmed in a statement that the...
Doval's visit to Moscow comes weeks ahead of the G-20 foreign ministers'...
The IP (internet protocol) address of the sender has been traced to Pakistan,...
On January 30, a suicide bombing at a mosque in the Peshawar Police Lines...
The Taliban's remarks came after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed...
Despite international condemnation, the Taliban has resumed the flogging and...
The Taliban rulers on Tuesday banned university education for women...
Two commandos of the special forces were also killed in the rescue operation...
At least two policemen were killed and many others injured when Pakistani...
The Taliban dispensation in Afghanistan has said that India will resume work...
At a joint media briefing with Lavrov, Jaishankar listed issues such as...
According to a Union home ministry notification, those Hindus, Sikhs,...
The key Biden administration included the CIA's deputy director David Cohen...
An uptick has been noticed in the number of foreign terrorists operating in...
Taliban cleric Sheikh Rahimullah Haqqani was killed in a blast which occured...
A top commander of the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Omar Khalid...
People familiar with the development said on Friday that the Chinese envoy...
At least 30 Afghan Sikhs, including infants and children, flew to India from...
Blinken said the US will continue to act against those who threaten the...
A US special envoy met senior Taliban representatives in Tashkent,...
Zabiullah Mujahid, spokesperson of the Taliban published new 'instructions'...
The talks took place on the sidelines of the G-20 foreign ministers' meeting...
A 35-year-old Muslim community religious leader hailing from Afghanistan was...
Glimpses of the destruction caused by the earthquake in Gayan, Afghanistan.
The US Geological Survey said the quake struck about 44 km (27 miles) from...
A delegation led by J P Singh, joint secretary (Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran)...
India has sent a team to Kabul to oversee the delivery of India's...
The 13th report of the Analytical Support and Sanctions Monitoring Team cites...
Speaking at the 4th Regional Security Dialogue on Afghanistan in Tajikistan's...
Present at the signing ceremony was the Taliban's rarely seen Deputy Prime...
After the Taliban ordered lady newscasters to cover their faces when...
The Taliban have been forcing women to cover themselves up since returning to...
The US military has confirmed that they will not return to the Taliban-ruled...
The NCB has widened its probe into a recent seizure of about 50 kg of heroin...
The Narcotics Control Bureau has seized about 50 kg of 'high-quality' heroin...
Pakistan, in recent months, has been increasingly frustrated by the Taliban...
The launchpads across the Line of Control in Kashmir valley are abuzz with...
China will host the third meeting of the foreign ministers of Afghanistan's...
The journalist was covering clashes between Afghan troops and the Taliban in...
Slain Reuters photojournalist Danish Siddiqui's parents will initiate legal...
A week before the Taliban seized Kabul, Payenda had resigned from his...
In a ceremony held in Amritsar, foreign secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla...
In a meeting with PM Modi at his residence, the delegation praised the...
Regional States will be worried that the US's nascent engagement with the...
However, Biden expressed his sympathy for the crisis in Afghanistan after the...
The Taliban's main challenge comes on the financial and economic front and...
The Taliban is showing its strong discontent as the high hopes given to it by...
Cut off from the world and having to contend with an orthodox and repressive...
The National Investigation Agency arrested an Afghan national in connection...
The medical supplies were sent on a return flight that had brought 10 Indians...
Pakistan on Friday agreed to let India transport 50,000 metric tonnes of...
Delhi has come to accept the Taliban takeover in Kabul as a reality and seems...
Darul Uloom Haqqania madrassa, one of Pakistan's largest and oldest...
Pakistan on Wednesday said it has formally informed India about its decision...
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Monday that his government...
'Women have 100 per cent inclusion in the health sector. They are also...
'The threat of ceding space to China in Afghanistan appears to be one factor...
The need for an inclusive government in Kabul and a zero-tolerance stance on...
Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan, Amir Khan Muttaqi, on Wednesday...
Top security czars of India, Russia, Iran and five central Asian countries on...
Doval said it is time for closer consultations, greater cooperation and...
"Due to scheduling reasons, it is inconvenient for China to attend the...
The alacrity with which regional States responded to Delhi's invite signals...
China has said it will not attend the regional security dialogue on...
Today, Pakistan and Afghanistan are feeling disturbed because of the Taliban,...
Modi said that the failure and inability to provide good governance, the...
'This funding provides support directly to some of the more than 18 million...
'It was always anticipated that the return of the Taliban would embolden...
'The negotiation was a result of -- based on the judgment that we weren't...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to pitch for a united global...
During the day-long visit, the Pakistani delegation will hold talks with...
The Indian side expressed readiness to provide extensive humanitarian...
Pakistan's national flag carrier on Thursday suspended flight operations to...
Russia and China are tight-fisted and Iran is broke and none of them has the...
In a virtual address at the G20 Extraordinary Summit on Afghanistan, Modi...
The summit is being convened by Italy, the current chair of the G20 that...
Chief of Army Staff General M M Naravane on Saturday did not rule out the...
The Taliban knows that Washington holds the key, points out Ambassador M K...
China's Ambassador to Afghanistan Wang Yu and Acting Minister of Refugee...
The last commercial flight between India and Afghanistan was operated by Air...
There is growing acceptance of the idea in the international community that...
Taliban failed to honour Doha accord, never renounced Al-Qaeda: US general...
Addressing the 76th UNGA session in New York, Modi called for ensuring that...
In a US-India Joint Leaders' Statement issued after the first in-person...
Dominic Xavier wonders if economic sanctions will make any difference to the...
While the two leaders have met earlier when Biden was the Vice President of...
Imran Khan knows Pakistan is holding a strong hand and doesn't have to flaunt...
India is worried about Pakistan getting the Taliban to ignite trouble in...
Special envoys of China, Russia and Pakistan have met the top officials of...
Supporting the Taliban means supporting anti-India, anti-humanity, anti-women...
Notably, Pakistan had previously denied the permission of President Ram Nath...
India, along with some other members, objected to the proposal and due to...
The nomination sets up a confrontation between the Taliban and Afghanistan's...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United States President Joe Biden are...
Pakistan is in 'constant touch' with the Afghan Taliban for safeguarding the...
Some Afghan girls began attending primary school this week.
Even though the Taliban has managed to capture Afghanistan and form a...
The key is to act and not wait and watch before the limited window of...
The US spent $1.5 million a day since 2001 fighting the opium war in...
September 15, 2021, when a photographer from the West Asia News Agency...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called for developing a template by...
The IMF and World Bank have stopped loans, and the FATF warned its 39 member...
'There is far more goodwill towards India from across the board in Afghanistan'
For Afghans in India, including medical tourists from the war-torn country as...
After two decades, the SCO appears to be at a cross-roads with the US...
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was asked by US Congressmen if the US...
'What has the impact of 40 years of warfare in Afghanistan been on...
Unless the Taliban goofs up in a big way, which seems highly unlikely, we are...
The noted screenwriter and lyricist said he finds many commonalities between...
According to the data, the total number of persons of concern to UNHCR in...
Afghan refugees in New Delhi protest against the Taliban and Pakistan's...
Pak's role in Kabul is not sending a good message to India, a top American...
For two decades the US paid in blood and blood money for dependence on...
The pressure on Delhi mellowed Lucknow's ruling dispensation's initial...
'Pakistan has power -- they have the power of terrorism and the reluctance of...
Pakistan's national flag-carrier on Monday ran its first commercial flight to...
Pakistan is making efforts at multiple levels for the Taliban government to...
Taliban have imposed a blockade in Afghanistan's Panjshir province, denying...
A full-fledged training, intelligence and combat module on Taliban, its...
"The most successful governments in Afghanistan tend to be those who have the...
Ahmad Massoud had called for a 'national uprising' against the Taliban.
This comes a few days after reports emerged that Amrullah Saleh, who was...
The India delegation flagged concerns over the possible implication of the...
If New Delhi finds itself out in the cold in Afghanistan, both the...
"The Taliban have been cooperative in facilitating the departure of American...
Australian foreign minister Marise Payne and defence minister Peter Dutton...
'We can't be outliers. We can't be bystanders. We have to be players.''The...
"We appeal to the officials of past governments to return to their country as...
In fact, the Taliban apparently collects about 10 per cent as cultivation...
'No one in this administration, not the President nor anyone on the national...
India has conveyed its concerns to the top security and intelligence...
Taking part in the first meeting of Foreign Ministers of the neighbouring...
Specially designated global terrorist Sirajuddin Haqqani, who carries a...
ISI chief Faiz Hameed coerced the Taliban to announce an interim government...
Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund is appointed as Prime Minister with two...
Hundreds of Afghan protesters, including many women, took to the streets of...
'Afghan people will not accept a governing structure that excludes women and...
'Don't be fooled. There is nothing more moderate about the revived Taliban...
The activation of diplomatic channels is likely to yield better results than...
Hundreds of Afghan protesters, including women, took to the streets of Kabul...
The Taliban had promised an 'inclusive' government that represents...
Students returned to class in Kabul weeks after the Taliban took over the...
The Taliban have the ISIS in its crosshairs.The Taliban has shown the skill...
The official confirmed that these are the first four Americans that "we've...
"The war in Afghanistan is over, now we will work together to rebuild this...
A Maharashtra Bharatiya Janata Party MLA over the weekend hit out at Akhtar...
The MHA's decision came about a fortnight after the Taliban's takeover of...
The Taliban have confirmed that Pakistan's powerful intelligence chief...
"The Taliban want an Islamic country. These people want to make a Hindu...
Women petition the Taliban. Talibs patrol Kabul's streets. Afghans flee into...
The National Resistance Front of Afghanistan has denied Taliban's claim and...
A Pentagon official concerned with evacuation operations said the reason the...
The world's attention is on the new Taliban and the imminent announcement of...
The attack targeted a Frontier Corps (FC) checkpost on the Mastung road in...
Deputy head of the Taliban's cultural affairs commission Ahmadullah Wasiq...
"Now we live in a completely independent Afghanistan. The new government will...
Reports coming from the ground confirm that an intense battle between Taliban...
A delegation of senior Pakistani officials led by Inter-Services Intelligence...
In a surprise move, Pakistan's powerful intelligence chief Lieutenant General...
The Taliban have postponed the formation of a new government in Afghanistan...
The Biden administration is quietly pressing Pakistan to cooperate on...
The United States, Blinken said, is committed to looking at everything done...
"In our statement, we have said that we have told them that we want them to...
Describing China as its 'most important partner', the Afghan Taliban has said...
The US intends first to cripple the Afghan government financially through...
The Delhi high court on Friday directed the Delhi government and the police...
Sources stated that a discussion is likely on the changed geopolitical...
In the second-biggest city of Kandahar, a long line of green armoured...
Amid India's concerns that Afghanistan's territory might be used for...
Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla has met top Biden administration...
"I have not seen anything to corroborate that report," Pentagon Press...
India has much paranoia in India about a new 'Terroristan' coming up between...
'Imagine China pursuing its aims in Jammu and Kashmir by using Pakistani and...
India's immediate focus is to ensure that Afghan soil is not used for...
The Taliban government will follow the pattern of the Iranian leadership.
The US is not in a forgiving mood for being humiliated in such a manner by an...
Haley said there is a need to closely watch China as it is making a move to...
Shah, in a video that has gone viral on Twitter, said every Indian Muslim...
The Taliban on Wednesday said that the negotiations with the leaders of the...
There's no rush to recognition from the United States or any country we have...
"If they are a terror organisation, why are you (GoI) talking to them? If...
Considering that Qatar is a trusted ally of Washington for decades, it is...
The Delhi high court on Wednesday expressed concern over a large gathering of...
Expressing concern over the situation in Afghanistan, a group of eminent...
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Wednesday said it is too premature to...
"After 20 years of war in Afghanistan, I refused to send another generation...
Pakistan would want to take full advantage of the situation to direct Taliban...
'Siddiqui was alive when the Taliban captured him. The Taliban verified...
Amid deepening concerns in China over the regrouping of the ETIM, blamed by...
'The Afghans used to say that if there is any person whose name should be...
'India has to ensure its borders are properly sealed and there is no...
Gen Ahmadzai was scheduled to arrive in New Delhi on Tuesday on a three-day...
The Taliban will view India through the eyes of the ISI and can be relied...
'India would not like to see Pakistani domination and tutelage of Afghanistan...
But why should India be talking to the Taliban in the first place? There is...
The diplomatic crisis between Pakistan and Afghanistan deepened on Sunday...
India needs to shed its policy of lethargy and inhibitions to engage the...
Afghanistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) stated with 'deep regret'...
The Taliban's rise will see an increase in infiltration on India's western...
Danish Siddiqui, in his early 40s, was killed during clashes in Spin Boldak...
Afghanistan witnessed a series of terror attacks in the last few weeks as the...
The commander of United States forces in Afghanistan General Scott Miller...
Jaishankar also emphasised the need for ensuring that Kabul's neighbours are...
In a significant policy statement on the Taliban which is making big gains in...
The billions India invested in dams, schools, etc in Afghanistan will be...
Atmar briefed Jaishankar about the situation in the war-torn country amid...
New Delhi should resist any temptation to act as spoiler and instead should...
'China is a friendly country and we welcome it for reconstruction and...
he United States did what we went to do in Afghanistan, to get to terrorists...
As the United States prepares to withdraw its troops from the conflict-torn...
India said on Tuesday that terrorist safe havens and sanctuaries must be...
The US president is deeply grateful for the honour, courage and determination...
The Pentagon is deploying 20,000 National Guards with lethal weapons in...
Doval also met his Afghan counterpart Hamdullah Mohib and discussed issues of...
According to Amar Kant Jha, SDPO, Katihar, the matter came to light on Monday...
According to the Australian media, the latest report has been based on over...
Following the meeting, Abdullah tweeted that Modi assured him of India's...
In his brief address, the external affairs minister said India's friendship...
'If the Chinese are bringing Pakistan more 'behind the curtain,' in terms of...
Afghani President Ashraf Ghani took to Twitter to express his gratitude...
The United States conducted an airstrike on Wednesday against the Taliban in...
After 18 years of war, the US and the Taliban signed the peace deal in Doha...
'Pakistan's trump card is that it is the only credible guarantor on the...
'Americans, after 18 years of war in Afghanistan, have got tired and they...
"We have had tremendous success in Afghanistan in the killing of terrorists,...
External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said India will continue...
This will be probably for the first time since the 9/11 attacks that the...
Ahead of signing of the deal, US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo said the...
'Pakistan is determined to garner the peace dividends.''On the diplomatic...
'Washington is well aware that the Haqqani group was responsible for...
Ehsanullah Ehsan said that he will release a detailed statement later in...
Make no mistake, the Bangladeshi and Afghan missions in Chanakyapuri would...
Trump had a hastily-arranged bilateral meeting with Afghan President Ashraf...
The officials said the freed Taliban leaders include Sheikh Abdur Rahim and...
As Afghans head to the polling booths to elect a new president, a contested...
"I'll tell you one thing--we are hitting the Taliban right now harder than...
Peace and reconciliation cannot go forward in an atmosphere of terror,...
Trump disclosed that he was to meet the Afghan President and senior Taliban...
The current Indo-Pak crisis over Kashmir is a godsend for the US. With...
One of the main tasks of the SOG is to keep a watch on the movement of...
All things taken into consideration, the Taliban statement on Kashmir...
'Pakistan has worsted India in the Afghan proxy war and the defeat becomes a...
The two leaders 'shared perspectives on situation in Afghanistan, including...
'A resurgent Jaish could be a reflection of the Pakistani security...
'With Taliban rule in Afghanistan, Pakistan and the unemployed jihadis will...
The statement comes Days after Trump sought Imran Khan's help in the Afghan...
Hours after the multi-lateral conference began in Moscow, India made it clear...
He was the chief of the hardline political party Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Sami.
The election seem to have been conducted without any major security...
India also called for crippling the illicit drug trade which provides...
'Washington must retain control over any peace process until the Taliban gets...
'The danger today is that out of sheer fatigue and exasperation, the US might...
Trump suggested a stronger military response is imminent.
US intelligence agencies had been tracking the hostages and shared their...
Afghanistan said Pak was diverting attention of the international community...
New Delhi and Beijing are the only two regional capitals that have commented...
'A couple of more such happenings in the coming weeks can push Kabul into...
"Defence Minister Abdullah Habibi and Army Chief of Staff Qadam Shah Shahim...
'It was a mission undertaken in darkness in every sense -- literally, because...
What does the Taliban chief's death means for various stakeholders?
As Afghanistan gradually realises that there can be no long-term stability in...
'The ISI has given a stunning display of its capacity to do with impunity...
New Delhi must indicate to Afghan President Ashraf Ghani that it has a...
'Pakistan should evolve a common narrative. The country should have common...
'It is important to note that American officials were trying their best to...
As Ashraf Ghani and Abdullah Abdullah form a joint government after...
If Afghanistan is going to make any gains through democratic reforms, the...
'Obama's decision to end the US military involvement in the Afghan civil war...
We should be prepared for a phase of increased tensions in India-Pakistan...
As the western forces prepare to leave Afghanistan in the coming year, India...
New Delhi has consigned to itself the role of the underdog, says Ajai Shukla
Indian Mujahideen co-founder Yasin Bhatkal wanted to fight North Atlantic...
A story of friendship in the middle of the Afghanistan war.
At a conference on the future of Afghanistan, tough-talking former Indian...
India can stay relevant in Afghanistan not by being a bystander but by...
India has fleshed out its approach toward the peace talks with the Taliban...
The road to negotiations in Afghanistan will be a very difficult given all...
Washington is now set to begin formal negotiation with Mullah Omar's Taliban...
US Secretary of State John Kerry's current visit to India will set the tone...
Rediff.com takes a look at the story of how the skateboard has helped break...
India's post 2014 Afghanistan policy appears to be glued to the best-case...
While the Soviet troops left Najibullah all alone without any back-up support...
Rediff.com brings you a collection of photographs taken during Prince Harry's...
As the US readies to withdraw from the Afghan battlefield, it is moving...
Tension prevails in South Waziristan, after a jirga (assembly of elders) of...