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Bhopinder Singh | Islamabad Seems To Be Losing The Plot As War Looms On Afghan BorderColumnists
Bhopinder Singh | Islamabad Seems To Be Losing The Plot As War Looms...

Gul Bahadur is a direct descendant of Mirza Ali Khan (of the Madda Khel clan of Uthmanzai Pathans), a revered...

28 Oct 2025 9:56 PM IST

AA Edit | Will Pakistan Learn To Live In Peace?Edit
AA Edit | Will Pakistan Learn To Live In Peace?

Given Pakistan’s mercurial behaviour and its propensity to act militarily and then call for a ceasefire so it can then...

20 Oct 2025 12:12 AM IST

Manish Tewari | Taliban Ties Beneficial, But Need Skilled DiplomacyColumnists
Manish Tewari | Taliban Ties Beneficial, But Need Skilled Diplomacy

Mr Muttaqi’s visit upends India’s oft-repeated assertion that any substantive engagement with Taliban was contingent...

19 Oct 2025 12:41 AM IST

AA Edit | Will Delhi Ties With Kabul Soar To Pre-Taliban Levels?Edit
AA Edit | Will Delhi Ties With Kabul Soar To Pre-Taliban Levels?

What makes the game more interesting is that the improvement in ties promised by India, which is reaching out with...

12 Oct 2025 9:55 PM IST

Aakar Patel | The New New India: Kicked Around by America and China, Adrift in The WorldColumnists
Aakar Patel | The New New India: Kicked Around by America and China,...

Starting with our neighbourhood, I can report that relations with Pakistan are bad. In fact, we might still be at “war”...

29 Sept 2025 10:53 PM IST

K.C. Singh | Post-Balakot Deterrence: Did It Fail In Pahalgam?Columnists
K.C. Singh | Post-Balakot Deterrence: Did It Fail In Pahalgam?

It appears that Pakistan’s then Prime Minister Imran Khan may have obtained assurances from mediators, such as Saudi...

25 April 2025 12:02 AM IST

Durands Curse By Rajiv Dogra, Rupa Publications, Rs 595Books
Calling the cursed' Durand Line what it is

Everything suggests the manner in which the Durand agreement was signed constitutes a dark chapter in Afghan history.

13 Oct 2017 12:42 AM IST

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Obesity rates among children have peaked in rich countries

Globally, more children are still underweight rather than obese although the researchers think that will change by 2022...

11 Oct 2017 7:59 AM IST

newly-elected Prime Minister of Pakistan Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, takes oath from Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain at the Presidential palace in Islamabad, Pakistan. (Photo: AP)World
US desire to inject India in Afghanistan would be detrimental, says...

Abbasi said Pakistan wants peace in Afghanistan via a solution that 'is owned and led by the Afghans'.

9 Oct 2017 7:38 PM IST

The Migration Court of Appeal said Wednesday it has reversed a decision to deport Bibihal Uzbeki who is severely disabled. (Photo: AP)Newsmakers
Sweden grants temporary asylum to 106-year-old Afghan woman

The Migration Court of Appeal said Wednesday it has reversed a decision to deport Bibihal Uzbeki who is severely...

4 Oct 2017 6:23 PM IST

While PM Modis bear hug with President Trump and a clutch of deals at their encounter in June symbolised a budding friendship, trade between the two nations has underperformed and Washington wants to narrow a $31-billion deficit. (Photo: AP)World
Pentagon official says India committed to broaden Afghan developmental...

Mattis observed that Trump administrations South Asia strategy is not an exclusive strategy.

4 Oct 2017 12:52 PM IST

US President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)Opinion
Trump's Afghan war: India must stay out

Why is fighting against Afghan tribals such a fatal attraction?

11 Sept 2017 1:29 AM IST

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