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ISIL-K has increased presence in northern, eastern Afghanistan: UN report
United Nations, Jul 20 (PTI) ISIL-Khorasan has increased its presence in northern and eastern Afghanistan and if the terror group regains lost territory in the eastern part, it may prove…
Pak military leadership to hold peace talks with TTP: Interior Minister
Islamabad, Jul 3 (PTI) A parliamentary committee has authorised the military leadership of Pakistan to hold peace talks with the outlawed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah has said. He…
India has a set of interests when it comes to engaging with the Taliban regime: US
Washington, Jun 7 (PTI) New Delhi has a set of interests when it comes to engaging with the Taliban regime, the United States said on Monday, days after the first-ever…
Banned TTP, council of Pak tribal leaders reach 3-month ceasefire deal
Peshawar, Jun 4 (PTI) A three-month ceasefire deal facilitated by the Taliban government in Afghanistan has been struck between the banned Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and tribal leaders from Pakistan's restive…
Don’t want any nation to play ‘spoiler’ in Afghanistan; says Pak after India sends delegation to meet Taliban leaders
Islamabad, Jun 3 (PTI) A day after the first-ever Indian delegation visited Kabul since the Taliban took over last year, Pakistan on Friday said that it would not like any…
Indian team headed by senior diplomat visits Kabul
New Delhi, Jun 2 (PTI) In the first high-level visit from India to Afghanistan since the Taliban's capture of power, an Indian team headed by a senior diplomat is currently…
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…
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…
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…
