Taliban

Tensions simmer between Pak, Afghanistan over arrest of Afghans for May 9 violence

Pakistan's Interior Ministry has decided to crack down on Afghan nationals staying illegally in capital Islamabad in wake of the…

1 year ago

People-centric policy will guide India’s engagement with Taliban – Jaishankar

External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has hinted at the possibility of heightened interaction with the Taliban regime in Afghanistan. He…

1 year ago

China, Iran and Pakistan start security consultations in Beijing

A new alliance is in the formation in Asia. China, Iran and Pakistan organised their first trilateral counter-terrorism conference in…

1 year ago

Will Norway host Taliban for talks as West looks to re-engage with Afghanistan?

Western nations and Afghan stakeholders will meet in Norway in mid-June to discuss Afghanistan's current situation and the Taliban's governance…

1 year ago

EU, Central Asian leaders fret over Afghanistan’s deteriorating security and humanitarian situation

European Union (EU) and Central Asian nations have expressed concern about the "deteriorating situation in Afghanistan" while stressing upon the…

1 year ago

Qatari PM Abdulrahman Al Thani visits Kandahar, meets Taliban officials

Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani arrived in Kandahar on Friday and met with…

2 years ago

Pak Army, ISI chiefs brief Shehbaz on China, Afghanistan ministers’ meet

Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff Gen Asim Munir and the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General, Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum briefed…

2 years ago

How fusion of Deobandi ideology and Pashtun Nationalism is driving Taliban 2.0

One year and eight months after their capture of Kabul, the Taliban 2.0 has painted a picture of Afghanistan that…

2 years ago

Five Pakistani soldiers killed as spring offensive with TTP fingerprints gathers steam

At least four Pakistani security force personnel are believed to have been killed and seven injured in a suicide bombing…

2 years ago

Nepali security guards who protected British in Afghanistan now face deportation

KATHMANDU: Nepali security guards who protected British embassy staff in Afghanistan, and who were airlifted to safety in the UK…

2 years ago

Pakistan plunges further on terror index, now below Afghanistan: Report

Pakistan has overtaken Afghanistan as the country with the most terrorist attacks and deaths in South Asia, a position held…

2 years ago

How armed groups in Afghanistan are killing Pakistani forces using American weapons

The nearly $7 billion worth of sophisticated weapons that the US left behind in Afghanistan in the wake of Taliban…

2 years ago

Is Pakistan spooked after Taliban kills terror kingpin who belonged to Kashmir?

Within days of the killing by the Taliban of Aijaz Ahmad Ahangar, a Pakistani delegation led by Defence Minister Khawaja…

2 years ago

NSA Doval backs people of Afghanistan, urges Taliban to eliminate terror sanctuaries

In a major statement, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval asserted on Wednesday that India will never abandon the people of…

2 years ago

Taliban threat tops Moscow regional security meeting on Afghanistan

Less than two years after seizing power in Kabul, the Taliban movement, banned in Russia and unrecognized in the world,…

2 years ago

Russia hints headway in TAPI gas pipeline project after Putin key aide visits Kabul

A week after Russian President Vladimir Putin's Special Envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov returned home from another trip to Kabul,…

2 years ago

Former Afghan woman MP shot dead at Kabul home

A former Afghan member of parliament and her bodyguard were shot dead by unidentified attackers at her home in Afghan…

2 years ago

Will the ISIS attack in Kabul wreck Chinese dreams in Afghanistan?

The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday urged Afghanistan to take strong and resolute measures to protect Chinese personnel and institutions…

2 years ago

Afghanistan warns Pakistan minister over possible attack

Kabul has reacted strongly to Pakistani Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah saying that Islamabad may attack Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) insurgents in…

2 years ago

Pakistan faces perfect storm as militants launch multiple attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa border province

With its economy already in the doldrums, Pakistan is confronting a perfect storm after militants launched multiple attacks in the…

2 years ago

India raises alarm as ISIL-KP takes root in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

India, the current president of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), has once again spotlighted the increasing threat posed by…

2 years ago