Afghanistan

Pakistan has overtaken Afghanistan as the country with the most terrorist attacks and deaths in South Asia, a position held by the latter since 2017. The 10th edition of the …

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will be in New Delhi next week to hold talks with his Indian counterpart, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and also participate in the meeting …

An earthquake measuring 4.3 on the Richter scale struck Yuksom town in Sikkim on Monday early morning, National Center for Seismology informed. The earthquake took place at around 4.15 am …

In a major statement, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval asserted on Wednesday that India will never abandon the people of Afghanistan and put on record New Delhi’s inclusive and generous …

Less than two years after seizing power in Kabul, the Taliban movement, banned in Russia and unrecognized in the world, proved itself to emerge as a fast-growing power on the …

The Pakistani parliament passed a unanimous resolution on Tuesday, saying the government should strive to bring all existing laws in conformity with the injunctions of Islam as per the Holy …

In a major revelation, Italy’s State-run TV network Tg1 has reported that Qatar allegedly paid the then Afghan President, Ashraf Ghani, $110 million to not fight the Taliban militants. The …

The reverberations from Pakistan’s suicide blast that killed 101 worshippers, mostly policemen, in a Peshawar mosque this Monday are echoing across the border. The Acting Foreign Minister of the Taliban …

Global online retailer, Amazon is selling burqas which has raised a storm on social media. The burqas it is selling are the ones that Afghan women wear, a head-to-toe covering …

A week after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Special Envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov returned home from another trip to Kabul, Moscow has indicated that the Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) gas pipeline project, …

A former Afghan member of parliament and her bodyguard were shot dead by unidentified attackers at her home in Afghan capital Kabul. Mursal Nabizada was one of the few female …

The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday urged Afghanistan to take strong and resolute measures to protect Chinese personnel and institutions in Afghanistan. In a press conference in Beijing, Foreign Ministry …

China has signed a deal with the Taliban government for the extraction of oil from the Amu Darya oil field in north Afghanistan. The deal has been signed between Shahabuddin …

Kabul has reacted strongly to Pakistani Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah saying that Islamabad may attack Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) insurgents in Afghanistan if it feels threatened. In a late night statement …

With its economy already in the doldrums, Pakistan is confronting a perfect storm after militants launched multiple attacks in the strategic Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province bordering Afghanistan. Over the last week, …

India, the current president of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), has once again spotlighted the increasing threat posed by the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant-Khorasan (ISIL-K), an …

As Central Asia continues to face significant security challenges, especially threats emanating from the territory of Afghanistan, India will lead an open briefing of the Counter Terrorism Committee of the …

In another bid to combat violent extremism in Central Asia, Japan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed an agreement in Astana on Tuesday to launch a new US$ …

Blasts and gunfire rocked Afghan capital Kabul on Monday afternoon. Afghan media reports that a hotel frequented by Chinese nationals has been attacked. This is the second major incident in …

There does not seem to be any abatement in the rising incidents of terror in Afghanistan. It has now assumed serious proportions especially after the attack on the Pakistan Embassy …

Backed by India, Iran’s ‘Yalda/Chella’ has been added as the new inscription on UNESCO’s list of intangible cultural heritage adding yet another chapter in the age-old friendship between two ancient …