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President-in -exile Amrullah Saleh resurfaces, warns Pakistan that its days in Afghanistan are numbered

<p> After more than a month former Afghan Vice President and now president- in- exile, Amrullah Saleh has appeared on…

3 years ago

Will Bishkek in Kyrgyzstan eclipse Doha as the epicentre of Afghan diplomacy?

<p> Over the past few days, all eyes were riveted to the "Moscow format" - talks convened by Russia in which ten other countries,…

3 years ago

Is everything OK? Pakistan foreign minister Qureshi and ISI Chief Hameed land up in Kabul

<p> Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and chief of Inter State Intelligence (ISI) Lt Gen Faiz Hameed landed in…

3 years ago

Russia to revamp strategic base in Tajikistan to counter Taliban’s threat from Afghanistan

<p> <strong>Russia today announced that its military base in Tajikistan will be fully re-equipped with modern communications equipment by the…

3 years ago

Afghanistan’s economy could shrink 30% this year: IMF

<p> Afghanistan’s economy could contract 30 per cent this year, the International Monetary Fund has said in a report. This…

3 years ago

Khalilzad steps down as flawed Afghan trouble-shooter with a troubled legacy

<p> The message was loud and clear for the US Special Representative for Afghan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad, when he  was…

3 years ago

Taliban’s Deputy Foreign minister Stanikzai flees to Dubai, as cracks appear in the extremist fortress

<p> Senior Taliban leader and Deputy Minister of Foreign Minister Sher Muhammad Abbas Stanikzai  has fled  Kabul  to join his…

3 years ago

Why are ISIS-K and the Taliban fighting each other in Afghanistan?

<p> The Taliban and ISIS-K are both fundamentalist Islamist militant organisations that seek to impose a strict Islamic rule on…

3 years ago

ISIS-K suicide bomber kills 32, injures many in mosque at Kandahar, Taliban’s birthplace

<p> Another suicide bomber on a Shia mosque in Afghanistan- this time in Taliban’s stronghold Kandahar struck on Friday, killing…

3 years ago

Will Russia-led Moscow format upstage Doha talks to resolve Afghanistan’s crisis?

<p> <strong>Russia is all set to host the Taliban along with other key countries, including India, United States, Iran, Pakistan…

3 years ago

Russia relocates four Sukhoi fighters for the military exercise at Tajik-Afghan border

<p> <strong>Four Sukhoi Su-25 attack aircraft from a wing of Russia's Kant integrated airbase in Kyrgyzstan have been relocated to…

3 years ago

Putin warns terrorists from Syria and Iraq are pouring into Afghanistan, neighbouring countries must stay alert

<p> <strong>A day after his foreign minister said that the geopolitical alignments in the region are not getting easier, Russian…

3 years ago

Under pressure for change, desperate Taliban now knocks at Turkey’s door for help

<p> After failing to convince the world to recognise it, the Taliban’s “Islamic emirate” has approached  Turkey’s  leaders for “help”.</p>…

3 years ago

US Has Downgraded The Relationship With Pakistan, Says Deputy Secretary Of State, Wendy Sherman

<p> <iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wlPDMEelwrY" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></p> <p> United States is…

3 years ago

ISIS challenge to China, suicide attacker of Shia mosque was from ETIM

<p> In claiming responsibility for the attack on a Shia mosque in Kunduz in Afghanistan on Friday, the , the…

3 years ago

First In-person Talks Between US, Taliban In Doha, Qatar After Taliban Takeover | Talks On Evacuees

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3 years ago

Taliban hardliners takeover Doha talks—Baradar and Khalilzad missing from new phase of negotiations

<p> The United States and the Taliban are meeting again in Doha. This will be the first meeting after the…

3 years ago

Russia vows to shield Tajikistan as threat of Taliban sponsored terrorism rises

<p> <strong>Russia has once again emphatically announced that there will be no dilution in its commitment to Tajikistan - a…

3 years ago

Blast at Shia mosque which killed over 100 exposes Afghanistan’s fault lines

<p> “The UN family in Afghanistan is deeply concerned by reports of very high casualties in an attack today in…

3 years ago

As winter approaches, Taliban plans to pay $60 million to power exporters by fleecing people

<p> <strong>Staring at a countrywide winter blackout owing to unpaid debts of over $60 million to electricity exporters from neighbouring…

3 years ago

Taliban leader glorifies as true Muslim, Mahmud Ghaznavi, who plundered Somnath temple 17 times

<p> Anas Haqqani, younger brother of the Interior Minister of Afghanistan and supremo of terror group Haqqani network has all…

3 years ago