Afghan Government

Tuesday, Mar 09, 2021 | Last Update : 12:32 AM IST

Afghanistan will not be renamed, says envoy

Envoy rules out country’s name-change, says Taliban must join mainstream society.

16 Sep 2019 6:32 AM

Contradictory moves on Pak by Washington

The immediate implication of this move is the inevitable centre-staging and involvement of Pakistan in the new realm.

04 Feb 2019 12:20 AM

No wonder then that Russia is seen to have suddenly gone soft on the Afghan Taliban and its main backer Pakistan. (Representational Image | AFP)

New Delhi ready to join talks with Taliban for Afghan peace

New Delhi is also worried that the Afghan conflict has been caught up in the current tensions between Russia and the United States.

01 Feb 2019 5:48 AM

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan (Photo: AP)

‘Afghanisation’ of Pak politics: The greatest head-scratcher

The Pakistani state doesn’t want India in Afghanistan because it fears encirclement or whatever.

10 Dec 2018 12:03 AM

The conference was also attended by the Taliban, of which Pakistan is widely seen as the main backer. (Representational image)

Russia’s Afghan shift worries Delhi

At Moscow meet, Kremlin softer on Taliban, closer to Pakistan.

12 Nov 2018 5:56 AM

The bomb exploded at the entrance to a giant tent, near residential buildings in the west of Kabul, after most of the clerics had left, a witness said. (Photo: AFP)

Suicide blast kills 8 near gathering of top clerics in Kabul

Shortly before attack, clerics issued Islamic ruling, or fatwa, declaring that suicide attacks are 'haram' — forbidden under Islamic law.

04 Jun 2018 2:10 PM

In 1992, when mujahedeen groups threw out the Communist government and turned their guns on each other, giving rise to the Taliban. (Representational/ File)

Taliban leader says war ends only when NATO leaves

Akhunzadah boasted international support saying 'The mainstream entities of the world admit its effectiveness, legitimacy and success'.

23 Jun 2017 11:09 AM

Two officials of our Consulate General Jalalabad are missing since June 16. (Photo: File)

2 Pakistani diplomats go missing in Afghanistan

According to a statement by the Ministry, the diplomats went missing on June 16 while commuting to Pakistan by road.

18 Jun 2017 2:50 PM

Captain Niloofar Rahmani, 25, has requested asylum in U.S. after allegedly receiving death threats. (Photo: AFP)

Afghan activists ask Obama to ground pilot’s asylum plea

Rahmani has requested asylum in the US after allegedly receiving death threats from hardline insurgents.

31 Dec 2016 1:52 AM

One of the many boys held as a sex slave at a restaurant in an unidentified location in Afghanistan. (Photo: AFP)

Bacha bazi: How Afghans struggle to save boy sex slaves

Young boys dressed effeminately have an ornamental value in a society where the genders are tightly corralled.

20 Dec 2016 1:26 AM

1 of 1

Columns

Shikha Mukerjee