- 15 May, 2024
Geopolitics & National SecurityAfghanistan
Pak-based terror group JeM, LeT maintain training camps in Afghanistan: UN report
United Nations, May 30 (PTI) Pakistan-based terror groups such as Jaish-e-Mohammed and Lashkar-e-Taiba, led by 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks mastermind Hafiz Saeed, maintain their training camps in some provinces of…
Change in AQIS’s magazine name suggests refocusing of terror group from Afghanistan to Kashmir: UN report
United Nations, May 30 (PTI) A change in the name of the Al-Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) magazine "suggests a refocusing" of the terror group from Afghanistan to Kashmir,…
NSA Doval says India key stakeholder in Afghanistan; calls for enhancing Kabul’s capability to counter terrorism
Dushanbe, May 27 (PTI) India was and is an important stakeholder in Afghanistan, National Security Adviser Ajit Doval said on Friday and called for enhancing the capability of the war-torn…
US special envoy for Afghanistan visits India
New Delhi, May 26 (PTI) US special representative for Afghanistan Thomas West paid a quiet visit to India during which both sides reviewed the overall situation in the war-torn country…
Taliban spokesman says Afghan group facilitating talks between TTP, Pakistani govt
Peshawar, May 19 (PTI) Afghanistan's Taliban government has confirmed that it is playing the role of a mediator in the ongoing talks between the Pakistan government and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan during…
India hosts SCO-RATS meet; focus on situation in Afghanistan
New Delhi, May 16 (PTI) Counter-terrorism experts from India, Pakistan and other member states of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) on Monday deliberated on boosting cooperation in combating various regional…
Many Afghan women pushing back against Taliban orders to cover up
KABUL (Reuters) - Many women in the Afghan capital are delaying a return to fully covering their faces in public in defiance of orders from Islamist Taliban rulers, others are…
Is Pakistan Losing its Footing in Afghanistan?
Pakistan and Afghanistan’s relationship has been hitting stalemates in recent times, this comes at the junction of ramped-up attacks across the Durand Line on both sides. Ever since the fall…
By Siddhant Kishore
Blasts on vans carrying Shi’ite Muslims in northern Afghanistan kill nine
KABUL (Reuters) -Bombs exploded aboard two passenger vans carrying Shi'ite Muslims in the northern Afghanistan city of Mazar-e-Sharif on Thursday, killing at least nine people, an official said. The blasts…
CAA a limited, narrowly tailored law for specific reasons: MHA
New Delhi, Apr 26 (PTI) The Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) is a limited and narrowly-tailored legislation that seeks to provide a relaxation to specific communities from specified countries with a…
Afghan defence minister says will not tolerate ‘invasions’
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's acting defence minister said on Sunday that the Taliban administration would not tolerate "invasions" from its neighours after protesting against airstrikes it says were conducted by…
Militants in Afghanistan strike Pakistan army post, kill three soldiers
Islamabad, Apr 23 (PTI) At least three Pakistani soldiers were killed after militants from across the border in Afghanistan fired indiscriminately at their military check post, the Pakistan Army said…
