With the Taliban Back in Kabul, Regional Powers Watch and Wait
On 15 August, the Taliban capped their drive for power in Afghanistan by taking Kabul, the country’s capital, for the first time since they ruled most of the country from 1996 to 2001. With... Read more
26/11 Attack Mastermind Masood Azhar Met Taliban After Afghanistan Blitz to Push Terror in J&K: Report
As soon as the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in the third week of August, the leader of Pakistan’s Jaish-e-Mohammed, Maulana Masood Azhar, went to Kandahar to ask for cooperation in... Read more
The ISIS unit believed to be behind Thursday’s deadly Kabul bombings have India in their crosshairs with establishing the rule of their caliphate are among lofty ideological goals, sou... Read more
INS Trikand Exercises with German Frigate Bayern in Gulf of Aden
The Indian Navy Ship (INS) Trikand exercised with German frigate Bayern in the Gulf of Aden on Thursday, informed the Indian Navy in a statement on Friday. The exercise included ‘cross... Read more
India Needs to Work on Suitable Format for New Theatre Commands: Ex-Army chief Shankar Roychowdhury
Strategic planners in India need to work out a suitable format before implementing the Theatre Command structure, which integrates all services in an area under a unified command, said forme... Read more
Three entities are in the race to secure the contract to build five units of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)’s iconic Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV), reports Times of... Read more
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd on Friday said group firm, Mahindra Defence Systems Limited (MDS) has bagged a contract worth Rs 1,349.95 crore for manufacturing of Integrated Anti-Submarine Wa... Read more
CDS flags concerns about terror spillover from Afghanistan to India
In an assessment done as recently as last month, the Indian side had concluded that the Taliban would shift its campaign to capture territory from rural areas to urban centres and provincial... Read more
Qatar Helping US Fly Afghanistan Evacuees to Germany
Qatar’s military and state-owned airline are helping the U.S. military and American air carriers fly Afghanistan evacuees between the Middle East and Europe, according to U.S. officials. Rea... Read more
India is engaged with important stakeholders and regional countries on the Afghan crisis and is adopting a “wait and watch” approach to see whether the new dispensation in Afghan... Read more