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Topic: Afghanistan

Afghanistan’s Abdullah Abdullah to visit India Tuesday, could urge Delhi to talk to Taliban

Abdullah Abdullah, who is considered to be a 'friend of India', is expected to meet External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar and NSA Ajit Doval during his visit.

Jaishankar meets ex-Afghan vice president, says India fully committed to its peace process

Dostum, an influential Afghan leader & former warlord, also met India's Foreign Secretary Harsh Shringla and discussed about constitutional order and rights of Afghan society.

Afghanistan is India’s one reliable neighbour, but Hekmatyar’s surprise entry can change this

During a recent webinar on Kashmir, the former mujahideen leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar warned that India should ‘learn a lesson from the Afghan jihad’.

Why the US shouldn’t withdraw all its troops from Afghanistan and Iraq

The US still has important interests in the regions and pulling out without a plan would only ensure it is forced to return when conditions deteriorate and threats re-emerge.

Pakistan targeting Indians in Afghanistan, moved UN panel to get terror tag for 4, says govt

Replying to a query in Lok Sabha, MoS for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan said many Indians working in Afghanistan on development projects have been attacked over the past 12 years.

US’ Afghan peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad to meet Jaishankar and Doval in Delhi today

Zalmay Khalilzad had last visited India in May to update New Delhi on Taliban peace talks. His Tuesday visit comes amid intra-Afghan talks going on in Doha.

Long-delayed Afghan-Taliban peace talks to start on Saturday

Negotiations have been stalled since March, following a peace deal between the US and the Taliban, which failed to end violence in Afghanistan.

US punishes International Criminal Court for investigating ‘potential’ war crimes in Afghanistan

Claiming the ICC’s investigation into alleged war crimes by US forces in Afghanistan poses a national security threat, Trump issued a threatening order.

India concerned over security in Afghanistan, will keep supporting its people, says Rajnath

In his address at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, the Defence Minister said that the goal should be security & growth for all in the region, but it is far from being achieved.

Here’s what China is doing in Bangladesh, Nepal, Afghanistan. It doesn’t look good for India

New Delhi is worried that S. Asia, once very much under its spell, could be slipping from its grasp. The key lies in PM Modi’s charisma now.

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India has to move on now. Engage with ‘Nooton Bangladesh’

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has, in a sense, tasted her own medicine. The International Crimes Tribunal, the special court she instituted for...

The day Dharmendra ‘died’

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Drone manufacturer ideaForge wins orders worth over Rs 100 crore from Army

ideaForge has formed a joint venture to manufacture and market UAVs in the US. Its Q6 UAV is now included in NATO and allied procurement systems.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.