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Afghanistan says talks with Pakistan to end fighting were 'constructive'

Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met with China’s ambassador to Afghanistan Tuesday.
Published on Apr 07, 2026 11:08 pm IST

Family of 8 left war-torn Iran for Afghanistan, where an earthquake killed them

A local man searches through items piled up at a house damaged by an earthquake in the village of Ittefaq, on the outskirts of Kabul, Afghanistan.
Updated on Apr 04, 2026 07:34 pm IST

Iran denies US 'talks' claim, says Trump backed down on Hormuz Strait threat

President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before departing on Marine One from the South Lawn of the White House recently.
Updated on Mar 23, 2026 09:02 pm IST

Pakistan strikes Kabul and Afghan border provinces, 4 killed in airstrikes

Afghanistan soldiers gather on the Afghan side of the Torkham border crossing with Pakistan in Torkham, Afghanistan.
Updated on Mar 13, 2026 09:35 am IST

Pak-Afghan clash will boost Munir, and decimate civilian govt in Islamabad

Pakistan launched Operation 'Ghazab lil-Haq' in the early hours of Friday in alleged retaliation to unprovoked firing by Afghanistan's Taliban on multiple locations along the border in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Updated on Feb 27, 2026 06:02 pm IST

Afghanistan attacks Pak, strikes hit Kabul hours later. What's happening?

BREAKING: Pakistan Bombs Kabul & Kandahar; 'Open War' Declared As Islamabad & Afghan Troops Clash
Updated on Feb 27, 2026 09:00 am IST

Strong earthquake of magnitude 5.8 rocks eastern Afghanistan

A shallow 6.0-magnitude quake in the country's east in August 2025 wiped out mountainside villages and killed more than 2,200 people.
Published on Feb 20, 2026 08:13 pm IST

Islamic State claims responsibility for blast at hotel in Kabul's Shahr-e-Naw

Motorists ride past a building with shattered glass following an explosion in the Shahr-e Naw area of Kabul
Updated on Jan 20, 2026 02:55 am IST

Afghanistan: At least 7 killed after blast at a hotel in Kabul's Shahr-e-Naw

The blast took place at a hotel in central Kabul.
Updated on Jan 20, 2026 12:09 am IST

Flash floods triggered by heavy rains in Afghanistan kill at least 17 people

FILE PHOTO: Workers load supplies onto a truck for earthquake victims in Nurgal district, Kunar province in Afghanistan. REUTERS/Sayed Hassib/File Photo
Updated on Jan 01, 2026 07:23 pm IST

10 Afghans dead, response warned: Why are Pak, Afghanistan on edge again

People stand in front of damaged houses that the Afghan Taliban government said were damaged after Pakistan carried out raids
Updated on Nov 25, 2025 09:03 pm IST

Pakistan's strikes in Kabul ‘not a one-off episode’: Report

The strike targeted hideouts and facilitators responsible for orchestrating recent attacks inside Pakistan.
Published on Nov 24, 2025 06:16 pm IST

Major collision averted at Delhi airport as flight lands on wrong runway

The incident occurred on Sunday and a probe has been launched into the matter.
Published on Nov 25, 2025 12:16 am IST

Powerful Afghanistan quake caught on camera, mud-brick homes shake | Watch

Footage on social media from Mazar-e-Sharif, the capital of northern Balkh province, showed several bricks had fallen from the walls of the Blue Mosque
Updated on Nov 04, 2025 04:06 am IST

Earthquake of magnitude 5.1 strikes Afghanistan's Hindu Kush region

A working seismograph is shown in a display about earthquakes during an emergency drill.
Updated on Oct 22, 2025 01:19 am IST

Pakistan’s Kabul strike backfires? Noor Wali Mehsud 'alive'. Who is TTP chief?

In the latest video, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Noor Wali Mehsud denied reports of his death.
Updated on Oct 17, 2025 03:05 pm IST

Amritsar-Kabul flights soon, says Afghanistan foreign minister Amir Muttaqi

Afghanistan’s foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi made the announcement in New Delhi on Monday. (PTI)
Updated on Oct 14, 2025 12:14 pm IST

Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Iran welcome restraint in Pak-Afghan conflict

Taliban security personnel arrive to patrol along a road in the Zazai Maidan district of Khost province near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border on October 12, 2025.
Updated on Oct 13, 2025 12:30 am IST

India and Afghanistan: The gains of recognising the Taliban govt in Kabul

If New Delhi waits to recognise the Taliban after other countries have done so, it would diminish the diplomatic importance of such a move. (AFP/MEA India)
Updated on Oct 12, 2025 11:11 pm IST

Soldiers killed, posts captured: Why Afghanistan, Pak are clashing at the border

Pakistan-Afghanistan border clash: Kabul forces report 58 casualties on Islamabad side, 25 post seized
Updated on Oct 13, 2025 12:04 am IST

Pakistan attacks Taliban hideouts as Afghan foreign minister visits India

Union External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar during a meeting with his Afghani counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi, in New Delhi.
Published on Oct 10, 2025 06:09 pm IST

Top 5 takeaways from India–Taliban meeting. What Jaishankar, Muttaqi said

Afghanistan's foreign minister Mawlawi Amir Khan Muttaqi speaks during a bilateral meeting with external affairs minister S Jaishankar in New Delhi on Friday.
Updated on Oct 10, 2025 06:06 pm IST

India reopens embassy in Kabul 4 years after Taliban takeover of Afghanistan

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar held a bilateral meeting with the Afghanistan Foreign Minister. (@DrSJaishankarX/ANI Photo)
Updated on Oct 10, 2025 01:43 pm IST

Explosion heard in Kabul; Taliban says ‘no need to worry, probe on’

More details about the explosion and the cause behind it are yet to be determined.
Updated on Oct 10, 2025 04:37 am IST

Mind The Gap| In her words: Harinder Baweja

Harinder ‘Shammy’ Baweja.
Updated on Oct 06, 2025 07:48 am IST

Afghan boy, 13, lands in Delhi by hiding in landing gear of flight from Kabul

A safety check was carried out by the airline security and engineering staff, during which a small red-coloured speaker was found in the rear landing gear area of the plane that came from Kabul to Delhi, officials said.
Updated on Sept 23, 2025 03:06 pm IST

Trump marks Kabul bombing anniversary, calls Biden's actions ‘embarrassing’

"I think it was the worst day, and in many ways the most embarrassing day, in the history of our country," Trump said.
Published on Aug 26, 2025 02:35 pm IST

Self-interest as foreign policy

PREMIUM
Any extension of CPEC to Afghanistan will be a red flag to the Indian side, which has been working on connectivity initiatives centred around Iran’s Chabahar port to bolster trade with Afghanistan and the Central Asian States. (AFP)
Updated on Aug 21, 2025 08:38 pm IST

Afghan women hit by Taliban education ban go online to pursue dreams

Online courses like coding are offering a chance to Afghan women to study amid the ban on education.
Published on Aug 06, 2025 12:45 pm IST

Afghanistan welcomes upgraded diplomatic ties with Pakistan

Kabul's Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi met with Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar in May in Beijing.
Published on May 31, 2025 03:29 pm IST