EXPLAINED: Al-Qaeda Ties, Attack On Indian Assets. Why Haqqani Network In Taliban Is Driving Worries
They provide the fighting backbone of the Taliban but are only loosely part of the group, maintaining their own organisation and chain of command. Now, after the fall of Kabul, senior leader... Read more
A week after seizing the control of Kabul, the Taliban on Sunday said that it will be soon announcing the formation of a new government in Afghanistan as the countries continue to evacuate t... Read more
China appears all set to violate Pakistani sovereignty using excuse of ‘India sponsored terrorism’: Here’s how
Chinese media has once threatened India after a terror attack at the East Bay Road in Gwadar, located in the Balochistan province of Pakistan. Global Times, state media of China, has insinua... Read more
Concerns over China’s inroads in Bangladesh
Bangladesh does not sit astride the global sea lanes of communications like Sri Lanka. It hasn’t the geo-strategic importance that Maldives, Seychelles or Madagascar has. Along its land bord... Read more
Hunted by the Taliban, U.S.-Allied Afghan Forces Are in Hiding
Columns of Afghan soldiers in armored vehicles and pickup trucks sped through the desert to reach Iran. Military pilots flew low and fast to the safety of Uzbekistan’s mountains. Read more... Read more
Jaishankar holds talks with Qatari counterpart in Doha on Afghanistan developments
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Friday held talks with his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani on the latest developments in Afghanistan as he stopped over... Read more
Former CIA officer blames Pakistan for swift collapse of Afghanistan by Taliban
Former CIA Clandestine Service member John Sipher blamed Pakistan for the swift collapse of Afghanistan by the Taliban. Responding to an article of The Washington Post which held American mi... Read more
At least five people lost their lives while 30 were reported injured in a bomb blast that happened on Thursday near a procession of Shia Muslims in Pakistan’s eastern Bahawalnagar dist... Read more
Vice President Calls For Developing Indigenous Technologies For Aerospace, Defence Sectors
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday visited the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) facilities. He called for the need to develop cutting-edge indigenous technologies for the aerospace... Read more
Taliban wanted India to retain its diplomatic presence in Afghanistan
A quick assessment done by the Indian side and its Afghan counterparts came to the conclusion that the request from the Taliban side could not be taken at face value and that the evacuation... Read more