Female presenter interviews Taliban spokesman on Afghanistan television
On Tuesday an unprecedented discussion took place on an Afghanistan television channel: a female presenter interviewed a Taliban spokesperson about the group’s plans for the country, days af... Read more
Explained: Who is Amrullah Saleh, who has declared himself Afghanistan’s ‘caretaker president’
Amrullah Saleh, Afghanistan’s vice president since February last year, declared on Tuesday that since President Ashraf Ghani has fled the country and his whereabouts are unknown, he is now t... Read more
Mr Ghani left Afghanistan as the Taliban advanced on the capital city Kabul over the weekend. The UAE’s foreign ministry said the country had welcomed Mr Ghani and his family on humani... Read more
WHY 3 DECADES LATER KASHMIR IS COOL TO TALIBAN
As news of the fall of Kabul flashed in the media on Sunday, 15 August, Dr Sheikh Showkat Hussain, formerly a professor of Law at the University of Kashmir and the Central University of Kash... Read more
India evacuates its envoys, empties Kabul office
Indian diplomats in Kabul, including ambassador Rudrendra Tandon as well as security personnel, were flown back to New Delhi in two phases by Tuesday afternoon by Indian Air Force (IAF) C-17... Read more
The Indian Army (IA) has initiated the indigenous upgrade of 811 of its licence built Soviet-era BMP-2/2K ‘Sarath’ infantry combat vehicles (ICVs) by equipping them with more powerful engine... Read more
HAL signs contract worth Rs 5,375 crore with GE Aviation for supply of engines for Tejas aircraft
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), on Tuesday, signed a contract with GE Aviation of the USA for the supply of engines to power Tejas Light Combat Aircraft. Read more… Read more
China, Russia, Iran seize opportunities in Afghanistan as US fails: Experts
The US adversaries on Monday seized on “military failure” of America and “heavy blow” of the Taliban’s sudden rise to power in Afghanistan. Paul D Shinkman, writing in US News, said th... Read more
Training in India, Fate of 150 Afghan Soldiers in Limbo After Country’s Military Collapse
Fate of 150 soldiers and cadets of the Afghan National Army. undergoing training in India, hangs in the balance amid collapse of the Afghanistan Army and takeover by the Taliban. Sources tol... Read more
Afghan leaders arrive in Pakistan after Taliban captures Kabul
As the Taliban took control of Kabul, a delegation of the Afghan political leadership, including Speaker of the House of the People Mir Rehman Rehmani, arrived in Islamabad, a media report s... Read more