Taliban

Will Norway host Taliban for talks as West looks to re-engage with Afghanistan?

Western nations and Afghan stakeholders will meet in Norway in mid-June to discuss Afghanistan's current situation and the Taliban's governance…

11 months ago

EU, Central Asian leaders fret over Afghanistan’s deteriorating security and humanitarian situation

European Union (EU) and Central Asian nations have expressed concern about the "deteriorating situation in Afghanistan" while stressing upon the…

11 months ago

Qatari PM Abdulrahman Al Thani visits Kandahar, meets Taliban officials

Qatar's Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani arrived in Kandahar on Friday and met with…

12 months ago

Pak Army, ISI chiefs brief Shehbaz on China, Afghanistan ministers’ meet

Pakistan's Chief of Army Staff Gen Asim Munir and the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Director General, Lt Gen Nadeem Anjum briefed…

1 year ago

How fusion of Deobandi ideology and Pashtun Nationalism is driving Taliban 2.0

One year and eight months after their capture of Kabul, the Taliban 2.0 has painted a picture of Afghanistan that…

1 year ago

Five Pakistani soldiers killed as spring offensive with TTP fingerprints gathers steam

At least four Pakistani security force personnel are believed to have been killed and seven injured in a suicide bombing…

1 year ago

Nepali security guards who protected British in Afghanistan now face deportation

KATHMANDU: Nepali security guards who protected British embassy staff in Afghanistan, and who were airlifted to safety in the UK…

1 year ago

Pakistan plunges further on terror index, now below Afghanistan: Report

Pakistan has overtaken Afghanistan as the country with the most terrorist attacks and deaths in South Asia, a position held…

1 year ago

How armed groups in Afghanistan are killing Pakistani forces using American weapons

The nearly $7 billion worth of sophisticated weapons that the US left behind in Afghanistan in the wake of Taliban…

1 year ago

Is Pakistan spooked after Taliban kills terror kingpin who belonged to Kashmir?

Within days of the killing by the Taliban of Aijaz Ahmad Ahangar, a Pakistani delegation led by Defence Minister Khawaja…

1 year ago

NSA Doval backs people of Afghanistan, urges Taliban to eliminate terror sanctuaries

In a major statement, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval asserted on Wednesday that India will never abandon the people of…

1 year ago

Taliban threat tops Moscow regional security meeting on Afghanistan

Less than two years after seizing power in Kabul, the Taliban movement, banned in Russia and unrecognized in the world,…

1 year ago

Russia hints headway in TAPI gas pipeline project after Putin key aide visits Kabul

A week after Russian President Vladimir Putin's Special Envoy to Afghanistan Zamir Kabulov returned home from another trip to Kabul,…

1 year ago

Former Afghan woman MP shot dead at Kabul home

A former Afghan member of parliament and her bodyguard were shot dead by unidentified attackers at her home in Afghan…

1 year ago

Will the ISIS attack in Kabul wreck Chinese dreams in Afghanistan?

The Chinese Foreign Ministry on Thursday urged Afghanistan to take strong and resolute measures to protect Chinese personnel and institutions…

1 year ago

Afghanistan warns Pakistan minister over possible attack

Kabul has reacted strongly to Pakistani Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah saying that Islamabad may attack Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) insurgents in…

1 year ago

Pakistan faces perfect storm as militants launch multiple attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa border province

With its economy already in the doldrums, Pakistan is confronting a perfect storm after militants launched multiple attacks in the…

1 year ago

India raises alarm as ISIL-KP takes root in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan 

India, the current president of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), has once again spotlighted the increasing threat posed by…

1 year ago

Japan joins UN initiative to combat violent extremism in Central Asia

In another bid to combat violent extremism in Central Asia, Japan and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) signed an…

1 year ago

Saddled with internal problems Afghanistan and Pakistan are drifting apart

There does not seem to be any abatement in the rising incidents of terror in Afghanistan. It has now assumed…

1 year ago

Moscow conference urges Taliban to rein in terror groups in Afghanistan

A major regional conference in Moscow has urged the Taliban to "resolutely" eliminate terrorism, and work towards an inclusive government…

1 year ago