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Indian influencer Sharanya Iyer on travelling to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan

Sharanya Iyer with a Taliban soldier in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Updated on Jul 09, 2026 06:00 pm IST

29 killed in Pak's ground ops in Afghanistan day after Karachi terror attack

While Pakistan claims to have killed 29 militants in the operation, Taliban reportedly claimed civilian casualties in the strikes.
Updated on Jun 29, 2026 12:00 pm IST

Pakistan says it carried out ground operation, strikes along Afghan border

Pakistan says it carried out ground operation, strikes along Afghan border.
Published on Jun 29, 2026 10:49 am IST

If only Afghan women were men, we’d care more

By treating the Taliban as the true sons of the Afghan soil, most countries, including India, have condemned the daughters of the same soil.
Updated on Jun 28, 2026 07:36 am IST

Malala slams EU meeting with Afghan Taliban, says ‘Europe must not…’

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai slams EU for meeting with Taliban in Brussels.
Updated on Jun 24, 2026 10:36 am IST

Afghan Taliban to hold rare, closed-door talks with EU over deportations

With not a single EU nation recognizing the Taliban, the meeting in Brussels symbolizes a small crack in the group’s diplomatic isolation since seizing power five years ago.
Published on Jun 23, 2026 05:05 pm IST

Afghanistan: Several injured as Taliban open fire during hijab protest

Afghan women wearing chador walk along the street near the Grand Mosque in Herat.
Published on Jun 10, 2026 09:44 am IST

Ex-Taliban commander gets 42 years in prison in killings of US soldiers

A Taliban security personnel stands guard along a road in Kandahar.
Updated on Jun 10, 2026 02:48 am IST

‘Silence of a virgin girl’ will count as consent under new Taliban law: Report

Taliban’s new Afghanistan law says silence of ‘virgin girl’ can count as marriage consent.
Updated on May 17, 2026 06:00 pm IST

Women’s rights crisis in Afghanistan is ongoing humanitarian calamity

Women’s rights crisis in Afghanistan is ongoing humanitarian calamity
Published on May 13, 2026 11:38 am IST

Taliban-shaped albatross around Pakistan’s neck

The second Taliban regime was more aggressive than the first. Emboldened by its victory over the Western powers, it positioned itself as an active defender of Afghanistan’s sovereignty, and wants to reclaim disputed areas under Pakistan’s control. (AFP)
Published on Apr 07, 2026 09:20 pm IST

Pakistan says it is in talks with Afghanistan to end conflict

Residents and rescue workers inspect the site of an airstrike at a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan on March 17
Published on Apr 02, 2026 02:49 pm IST

Russia flags US move to seize Afghanistan's Bagram base amid Iran war escalation

Moscow opposes any US-NATO comeback in Afghanistan, flags Bagram demand
Published on Mar 30, 2026 05:59 am IST

Who is Dennis Coyle? Colorado native freed by Taliban after over a year

American Dennis Coyle, second from right, is accompanied by an unidentified person after being released by Afghanistan's Taliban authorities, who had held him for over a year, before boarding a plane at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Mudassir Safi)
Updated on Mar 24, 2026 10:43 pm IST

Sanjay Dutt’s Dhurandhar character Chaudhary Aslam was his real-life fan

Sanjay Dutt essays the role of late Karachi SP Chaudhary Aslam Khan in Dhurandhar.
Updated on Mar 24, 2026 12:04 pm IST

The other war the world has ignored

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Pakistan has carried out a series of air strikes in Afghan cities including Kabul and in border areas. The most egregious attack was the one this week that hit a drug rehabilitation centre in Kabul, killing at least 400 people and injuring 250. (AFP)
Published on Mar 18, 2026 09:23 pm IST

Border conflict, ‘open war’, Op Ghazab lil Haq: Timeline of Pak-Afghan clashes

Pakistan, on March 16, launched overnight strikes, targeting Taliban positions in Kabul and Nangarhar, in continuation of its Operation Ghazab lil Haq.
Updated on Mar 17, 2026 05:59 pm IST

Mind The Gap: Journalism as resistance

Zahra Nader at the Security Council, UN Headquarters, New York, October 20, 2022
Updated on Mar 16, 2026 05:21 pm IST

Zardari slams Taliban drone attacks on Pak civilians, calls it ‘red line breach’

"Pakistan will not tolerate its civilians being targeted. Afghan soil must not be used for terrorism against neighbours. Pakistan will defend its people," Zardari wrote on X.
Published on Mar 14, 2026 02:42 pm IST

Pakistan bombs airline fuel depot near Afghanistan's Kandahar airport: Taliban

An injured Afghan girl stands near damaged houses at the site of an overnight Pakistan airstrike. Afghan authorities said on March 13 that Pakistan had carried out new strikes on Kabul and border provinces.
Published on Mar 13, 2026 02:00 pm IST

India dismisses Pakistan’s accusation of backing Afghan Taliban

External affairs ministry spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said as a state sponsor of terrorism for decades, Pakistan has zero credibility when it comes to cross-border terrorism.
Published on Mar 12, 2026 09:21 pm IST

US designates Afghanistan as ‘State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention’ | Here's why

Secretary Rubio accused the Taliban of using "terrorist tactics, kidnapping individuals for ransom or to seek policy concessions."
Updated on Mar 10, 2026 09:00 am IST

Heavy shelling, explosions spark fear along Pakistan-Afghanistan border

Afghan men welcome Taliban personnel as they gather to show their solidarity for them in the Gurbuz district of Khost province on March 4, 2026
Updated on Mar 04, 2026 10:59 pm IST

UN reports 42 dead, 104 injured in latest Afghanistan-Pakistan military clashes

Military tensions between the South Asian Islamic nations remained high on Tuesday, with Afghanistan saying it had captured another Pakistani post in the Kandahar region.
Published on Mar 03, 2026 02:53 pm IST

India preparing for ‘another war’: Pakistan Prez makes big claim, urges talks

Speaking during a joint sitting of the parliament, the Pakistani leader claimed that India was preparing for another war with Islamabad. After making this claim, Zardari urged for peaceful negotiations and talks with New Delhi.
Updated on Mar 04, 2026 03:01 pm IST

Dealing with the wars on the western frontier

I ndia has maintained careful ties with Iran despite US pressure. (Reuters)
Published on Mar 01, 2026 11:59 pm IST

An open war after weeks of tit-for-tat clashes: Inside Pak-Afghan conflict

Over 275 people were killed in the Pakistan-Afghanistan clashes on Friday.
Updated on Feb 27, 2026 08:58 pm IST

‘Pak should be denuclearised’: Ex-Afghan MP calls for India's help amid clashes

Clashes near the key Torkham border crossing between Afghanistan and Pakistan resumed on February 27. Violence overnight hit a camp for Afghans who had just crossed from Pakistan, with several people wounded. (Photo by AFP)
Updated on Feb 27, 2026 09:43 pm 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

Pakistan Declares ‘Open War’ With Afghanistan After Cross-Border Attacks

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Pakistani army tank at the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in Chaman on Friday.
Updated on Feb 27, 2026 11:43 am IST