Doha
Nov 22, 2020 11:26
This was the first meeting of the top American diplomat with the Taliban and the Afghans representatives after the US’ recent announcement that it will reduce the number of American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq to 2,500 each by January 15 next year. read more
Nov 21, 2020 14:29
The shells were fired from two cars, Interior Ministry spokesperson Tariq Arian said. No one took immediate responsibility for the early morning attack that also targeted the posh Wazir Akbar Khan area of Kabul, which houses diplomatic missions. read more
Nov 10, 2020 19:12
Under a deal with the United States, signed in February, the Taliban agreed to cut ties with international militant groups including Al Qaeda. read more
Oct 28, 2020 12:58
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, speaking about the issue for the first time, told reporters in Canberra that “Australia’s strong objections and views” about the incident involving Australian travellers on October 2 were widely shared, without elaborating. read more
Oct 09, 2020 19:10
At their meeting on Thursday, PM Modi assured Abdullah Abdullah of India’s continued backing for the Afghan peace process read more
Oct 08, 2020 22:58
Abdullah, in New Delhi to seek the Indian leadership’s support for intra-Afghan negotiations underway in Doha, met Prime Minister Narendra Modi who, he said, had assured him that India will back any settlement acceptable to the Afghan people. read more
Oct 06, 2020 17:56
The invasion that followed those October 7, 2001 strikes quickly toppled the militants, who had harboured Al-Qaeda, the group behind the September 11 attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people in America just weeks earlier. read more
Oct 03, 2020 23:02
Abdullah is expected to meet the top Indian leadership to seek support for the intra-Afghan negotiations currently underway at Doha in Qatar. India had sent an official delegation to Doha to attend the event marking the launch of negotiations and the event was also addressed by external affairs minister S Jaishankar. read more
Sep 27, 2020 17:10
The state-owned carrier also blamed new accounting rules for further adding to losses for the past fiscal year, which ended March 31. read more
Sep 16, 2020 19:42
The possible return of the Taliban, backed by Pakistan, is a challenge. But don’t count India out read more
Sep 15, 2020 17:04
A new review published in Frontiers in Public Health suggests that COVID-19, the illness caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, will likely become seasonal in countries with temperate climates, but only when herd immunity is attained. read more
Sep 13, 2020 20:31
Talks between the two sides were to begin shortly after a US-Taliban agreement in February, but began only over the weekend after months of delays, caused in part by continuing Taliban offensives in the war-torn country. read more
Sep 13, 2020 20:23
In an interview with TOLOnews in Doha, Khalilzad said a solution should be found to end the Afghan crisis, which will lead to long-lasting peace. read more
Sep 12, 2020 23:50
External affairs minister S Jaishankar, who joined the inaugural session of the intra-Afghan negotiations in Doha, Qatar, via video conference, reiterated India’s support for an Afghan-led, Afghan-owned and Afghan-controlled peace process and sought an immediate ceasefire in the war-torn country. read more
Sep 12, 2020 18:44
Teams comprising representatives of the Afghan government and the Taliban will come face-to-face for the first time on Monday for peace talks in Qatar’s capital for a negotiated settlement after nearly two decades of war. The talks were to have begun in March but were delayed by differences over the release of prisoners. read more
