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Indian Air Force (IAF) Chinook helicopter flies amid the prolonged India-China stand off in the Ladakh region, in Leh, Thursday, Oct. 29, 2020. (PTI)

Indian Air Force C-17, C-130J aircraft return home from Afghan...

IAF aircraft were also used for evacuating Indian officials stuck in Mazar-e-Sharif and Kandahar consulates

30 Aug 2021 5:43 PM IST

Defence Minister Rajnath SIngh addresses at the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, Tamil Nadu, Sunday, Aug 29, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Changing Afghan power equations a challenge for India, rethinking...

Singh said the defence ministry was seriously considering the formation of Integrated Battle Groups

30 Aug 2021 6:49 AM IST

An Indian embassy staff member with his family arrives at Air force base, in Jamnagar, India, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021. A special military flight with Indian officials landed in Gujarat after taking off from Kabuls main airport on Tuesday. (Gujarat State Information Office via AP)

Most Indians in Afghanistan back home

India on Friday said the question of recognition of a new government in Afghanistan was tantamount to 'jumping the gun'

28 Aug 2021 7:13 AM IST

In the Taliban pecking order, Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar sits on top, with Mullah Mohammad Yakub, son of founder Mullah Omar, coming next. (File Photo: AFP)

K.C. Singh | India's options limited as Pakistan makes hay in Kabul

Three nations that didn't withdraw diplomatic missions from Kabul are Pakistan, China and Russia

28 Aug 2021 1:52 AM IST

External affairs minister S. Jaishankar. (Photo: PTI)

India digs in for long haul in Afghan: Evacuation is top priority,...

On Thursday, an Indian Air Force special flight evacuated 24 Indian nationals and 11 Nepalese from Kabul to New Delhi

26 Aug 2021 11:56 PM IST

Marzia Babakarkhail.

Afghanistan has changed, women will fight back'

Marzia Babakarkhail has zero regrets for taking on the Taliban and is planning her return

27 Aug 2021 12:54 AM IST

Families evacuated from Kabul, Afghanistan, walk through the terminal before boarding a bus after they arrived at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., on Wednesday, Aug. 25, 2021. (AP Photo)

Afghans can visit India only on e-visa

Previously issued visas to all Afghan nationals, who are presently not in India, stand invalidated with immediate effect

26 Aug 2021 12:33 AM IST

A plane carrying evacuees from the virus zone in China lands at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar Wednesday. PTI image

Ukraine, Iran deny hijacking of evacuation plane from Afghanistan:...

Ukraine's deputy foreign minister Yevgeny Yenin had claimed that a Ukrainian plane was hijacked in Afghanistan by...

24 Aug 2021 5:57 PM IST

In this Aug. 22, 2021, image provided by the U.S. Marine Corps, a Marine with Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command provides water to families during an evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Sgt. Samuel Ruiz/U.S. Marine Corps via AP)

Afghan crisis: Government calls all-party meet, to brief Opposition...

Sources said that IAF special flights are likely late on Monday night to evacuate the remaining Indian nationals in...

24 Aug 2021 6:50 AM IST

The consistent stand of India, whether it was that of the BJP-led NDA or the Congress-led UPA, was that there are no good Taliban or bad Taliban , and that the Taliban as Islamic terrorists were all bad. Representational Image. (PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | India's real problem on Taliban is its Pak...

India's first real brush with the Taliban came during the December 1999 Indian Airlines IC-814 hijacking

24 Aug 2021 4:19 AM IST

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has warned that a mass vaccine for the novel coronavirus may be over a year away. (AP Photo)

Britain to convene G7 meeting on Afghanistan

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he will convene a meeting of leaders from the Group of Seven nations on...

23 Aug 2021 1:12 AM IST

The Narendra Modi government has not said much officially about the way in which the United States has handled the retreat from Afghanistan and its consequences for India, but most foreign policy commentators and the media have been extremely critical. (PTI)

Sanjaya Baru | A mantra for all strategic pacts: Trust, but verify'

It's a thought that India has been forced to remember by the recent events in Afghanistan

23 Aug 2021 1:29 AM IST