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In their view, Trump is intent on withdrawing and no further concessions are necessary.

Be ready for Afghan angst after US exit

Now President Ghani says he is totally ready for a withdrawal of 4,000 of the 12,000 US troops.

1 Feb 2020 2:48 AM IST

A policeman searches a vendor on a motorbike in Cinkasse, the northern Togo commercial border post with Burkina Faso. (AFP)

Ivory Coast army joins Burkina Faso in anti-jihadist operation

Burkina Faso and its neighbours Mali and Niger are battling Islamist insurgencies with links to al Qaeda and Islamic...

25 May 2020 10:54 AM IST

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Security experts worry about hand sanitizers on aircraft

Hand sanitizers in aircraft, so many of them, brings back ''Liquid bomb'' memories for those in aviation security

24 May 2020 5:58 PM IST

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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

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NIA nabs nine al-Qaeda operatives from Murshidabad and Ernakulam

The NIA conducted simultaneous raids at multiple locations in Ernakulam and Murshidabad early morning today

19 Sept 2020 9:47 AM IST

Smoke rises from a deadly explosion outside the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021. Two suicide bombers and gunmen have targeted crowds massing near the Kabul airport, in the waning days of a massive airlift that has drawn thousands of people seeking to flee the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan. (AP/Wali Sabawoon)

Suicide bombers kill dozens of civilians, 10 U.S. troops at Kabul...

There was no complete death toll of Afghan civilians but video images uploaded by Afghan journalists showed bodies of...

27 Aug 2021 4:47 AM IST

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

Al Qaeda praises Taliban's 'historic victory' in Afghanistan

Al Qaeda's leaders said it 'soothed' their hearts to hear verses from the Quran recited in the 'Presidential Palace' in...

1 Sept 2021 2:40 PM IST

Taliban flags fluttering at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Photo: AP)

Anand K. Sahay | Games Taliban play: Why India must engage in...

New Delhi may have to cautiously re-visit its modulated approach to the Taliban to check for roadworthiness

11 Aug 2022 12:07 AM IST

Visiting US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (C) waves to journalists during her arrival at the Parliament in Taipei on August 3, 2022.

AA EDIT | Pelosi in Taiwan: World on edge over China response

None can dispute the right of a US citizen to visit Taipei, but it's the timing of her visit that raises the hackles

4 Aug 2022 12:20 AM IST

Ayman al-Zawahiri. (AP)

Al-Qaeda chief Zawahiri killed in US drone strike in Kabul

The 71-year-old Egyptian surgeon, on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorist list, had a USD 25 million bounty on his head

3 Aug 2022 6:56 AM IST

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Pakistan major source of terrorism all over world, says India to UN

India expressed its concerns that country like Pak, which protected Osama Bin Laden and sheltered Mullah Omar,...

15 March 2018 8:36 AM IST

Muhanad Mahmoud Al Farekh, 32, was sentenced by US District Judge Brian Cogan in Brooklyn federal court. (Photo: AP)

US citizen sentenced to 45 yrs in jail for aiding al Qaeda bomb attack

Al Farekh had helped prepare an explosive device used in a January 19, 2009 attack on a US Forward Operating Base...

14 March 2018 9:11 AM IST