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Pakistan is a key player in the talks between the Taliban and the US in an effort to end the war in Afghanistan and allow withdrawal of American troops. (Photo: AFP / File)

Taliban attack 2nd Afghan city as US envoy affirms closeness of deal

The attack Sunday comes a day after the Taliban attacked Kunduz, one of Afghanistan's largest cities and killed at least...

1 Sept 2019 10:58 AM IST

US President Donald Trump walks from Marine One after arriving on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, following campaign events in New Jersey. (AFP)

Only Walter Mitty can dream Afghan troop withdrawal before US election

The US involvement in Afghanistan has been a great tragedy

24 Oct 2020 11:54 AM IST

Chief of the Australian Defence Force (ADF) General Angus Campbell delivers the findings from the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry, in Canberra on November 19, 2020. (AFP)

Australian special forces unlawfully killed 39 people in Afghanistan:...

Australia launched the inquiry in 2016, amid reports from whistle-blowers and in the local media of the alleged killing...

19 Nov 2020 1:38 PM IST

In American troops in Afghanistan. The US is keen to end its longest-ever conflict, and under the terms of a deal signed in Doha last month has said all foreign forces will quit Afghanistan within 14 months -- provided the Taliban stick to their security commitments. (AFP)

In post-US Afghanistan, what are India's options?

New Delhi has to move beyond its wait and watch policy

18 March 2020 11:55 PM IST

Violence flares in Afghanistan as hospital, funeral attacked. (AFP Photo)

Afghanistan: Deadly suicide attack targets hospital, funeral in...

Special forces rescued 80 people including mothers and babies from the Kabul hospital after three gunmen launched a...

12 May 2020 3:58 PM IST

President Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin, left. (AP)

Trump and his two Russia paradox

When it comes to Russia, the Trump administration just can't seem to make up its mind

1 July 2020 12:34 PM IST

Smoke rises from a rocket attack during Independence Day celebrations at the Defense Ministry in Kabul, Afghanistan. AP photo

Mortar shells strike Kabul as Afghans mark Independence Day

No militant group claimed responsibility for the attack and there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage

18 Aug 2020 1:23 PM IST

Representational image (AFP)

N.V. Subramanian | Afghans face turmoil: Back to a dark future

Afghanistan has an excess of local and foreign actors compounding its misery

12 Aug 2020 5:14 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. (DC flle photo)

K.C. Singh | Amid China power games, stop divisiveness at home

The diplomatic jostling has increased between India and China after the in-person Quad summit hosted by US President Joe...

19 Oct 2021 1:25 AM IST

The company did not give a reason for its action. (PTI)

Adani Ports to stop handling containers from Iran, Pakistan,...

The decision comes weeks after Indian officials seized nearly three tonnes of heroin originating from Afghanistan

12 Oct 2021 10:56 AM IST

Taliban fighters gather along a street during a rally in Kabul. (Photo: AFP)

Nothing changed between Taliban of 1990s and 2021: Report

Quraishi on Thursday that nothing has changed from how the outfit ruled that country in the 1990s

8 Oct 2021 4:40 PM IST

National security adviser Ajit Doval will chair the meeting. (AP file image)

Russia, Iran to participate India's NSA-level meeting on Afghanistan...

Invitations have been extended to China and Pakistan too, and formal responses are awaited

6 Nov 2021 7:48 AM IST