India’s security and strategic interests are in establishing a strong foothold in Kabul. This can be done through providing infrastructure support to Afghanistan.
'Deoband is our Madar-e-Ilmi (Mother of Knowledge),' Amir Khan Muttaqi said during visit to Islamic seminary. ThePrint looks at ties linking two sides & takeaways from meeting.
Asked about the total absence of female journalists at last week's press conference, which sparked a row, the Afghan minister said it was a 'technical issue'.
Afghan FM Muttaqi declared that if Islamabad “does not want” peace, it has “other options”. At least 15 Pakistani military personnel were killed Saturday after Taliban launched retaliatory strikes.
Priyanka, Rahul among leaders asking PM to 'clarify position' over women journalists' exclusion from Muttaqi's briefing Friday. Women journalists say male colleagues 'submitted their spine'.
Muttaqi will be in India till 15 Oct before returning to Afghanistan. Six-day visit will see meetings with a number of senior officials, while potential visits to Agra and Deoband are also on the cards.
Pakistan, as chair of the UNSC Committee overseeing the sanctions, had blocked India’s earlier request for a travel ban waiver for Muttaqi to visit the country in September.
The cooperation ministry is working on a war footing. Even if cooperative societies are in the state list, the Centre is doing its best to streamline and reinvigorate the sector.
Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.
Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.
No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.
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