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Three paramilitary soldiers were killed and as many injured today in multiple landmine blasts at a check-post in north-western Pakistan. (Representational | Photo: AP)Life
Talk therapy may help soldiers combat insomnia

Studies show that up to 20 per cent of active military personnel have insomnia.

28 April 2018 8:05 AM IST

Wounded Afghan child Zahra, 8, is treated following a suicide bombing attack at the Isteqlal Hospital in Kabul. (Photo: AFP)World
ISIS suicide attack on Kabul voters kills 57

Terrorists target people at voter registration centre.

23 April 2018 1:32 AM IST

Afghan police stand outside a voter registration centre which was attacked by a suicide bomber in Kabul, Afghanistan.(Photo:AP )World
Suicide attack on Kabul voter registration centre kills 31

Islamic State claimed responsibility for the blast, the group's Amaq news agency said.

22 April 2018 1:56 PM IST

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Sales of Afghanistan's renowned carpets unravel as war intensifies

Legend holds that Alexander the Great sent a carpet from the area to his mother.

13 April 2018 9:45 AM IST

Afghan farmers harvest rose petals from a rose garden near Jalalabad in the Dara-i-Noor district of Nangarhar province. (Photo: AFP)World
Guns and roses: Farmers in war-torn Afghanistan enjoy sweet smell of...

The sweet smelling crop is providing farmers in Nangarhar province with a viable alternative to growing opium poppies.

24 July 2018 12:07 AM IST

Buddhist artefacts were destroyed 18 years ago by the Taliban in Afghanistan. (Photo: Representational/ Pexels)Life
Buddhist artefacts are being reinstated in Aghanistan

Afghan museum restores Buddhist history, one broken piece at a time.

15 Oct 2019 8:56 PM IST

The blast took place in Police District 3 (PD3) area in the city. (Photo: ANI)World
3 mortar rounds land near Kabul's Parliament building

The Afghan government forces have been fighting the Taliban for almost two decades, with all the peace initiatives...

14 Oct 2019 2:33 PM IST

A top US senator has accused Pakistan of supporting terror groups like the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan and harbouring terrorists belonging to these groups in the war-torn country. (Photo: Twitter/ SenatorHassan)World
Top US Senator blames Pak of supporting Taliban, al-Qaeda in...

The senator made the statement ahead of her meeting with Defence Minister Rajnath Singh that took place on Friday.

13 Oct 2019 11:25 AM IST

And before he became Asim Umar, he was Sana-ul-Haq, a peasants son from Uttar Pradesh, who disappeared from his home in 1995 to begin his new life in Pakistan. (Photo: ANI)India
South Asia Qaeda chief and India-born terrorist killed on joint...

Before he became one of the world's most dangerous terrorists, Umar was the author of several best-selling jihadist...

11 Oct 2019 2:56 PM IST

Umar, who was in early 40s, was designated as a \global terrorist\ by the US which placed the AQIS on the list of \foreign terrorist organisation\ in 2016. (Photo: ANI)World
Al-Qaeda's South Asia chief killed in Afghanistan: report

Asim Umar, who led the AQIS from its formation in 2014, was killed during a joint US-Afghan raid on a Taliban compound.

9 Oct 2019 12:52 PM IST

Abu Salem planned and executed the 1993 bomb blasts in Mumbai.World
10 killed in attack on bus in east Afghanistan: Government official

'The bomb was placed in a motorcycle. Unfortunately, 10 civilians including a child were killed,' said Nangarhar...

7 Oct 2019 7:43 PM IST

The judges referenced Trumps infamous boast of 2016 that he could shoot somebody in the middle of Fifth Avenue and not lose any voters. (Photo: AP)World
Trump on surprise Thanksgiving visit in Afghan, says talks with...

The President referred to his September announcement to abruptly withdraw from peace talks after the Taliban killed a US...

29 Nov 2019 9:38 AM IST

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