Taliban say have ‘no ceasefire plans’ in Afghanistan

The Taliban Monday denied agreeing to any ceasefire in Afghanistan after rumours swirled of a potential deal that would see a reduction in fighting...

Water sharing between Afghanistan and Pakistan

Opinion | Pakistan has become a water-stressed country. Rapid increase in population, urbanisation, climate change, lack of conservation strategies, and industrialisation — all have taken...

Afghan Battle: The US losing lives but for what?

If the latest U.S. soldier just killed in Afghanistan, as yet unidentified, was married, I can’t help but wonder what U.S. officials are going...

Afghanistan War: 100,000 dead in last 10 years alone – UN

More than 100,000 Afghan civilians have been killed or injured over the past decade, the United Nations reported Thursday, as it renewed calls to...

Why Modi does not want Peace in Afghanistan?

The Modi government’s approach to the transition in Afghanistan bears an uncanny resemblance to the situation thirty years ago, in end-1989. A great power that...

Ashraf Ghani: from academia to the Afghan presidency

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani appeared to have secured a second term Sunday, according to preliminary results. Here is a look at his life and career: Ghani,...

40 years on, veterans still grapple with Soviet-Afghan war

At his home in the mountains north of Kabul, former mujahideen fighter Shah Sulaiman closed his damaged eyes, took a sip of green tea...

US: Afghanistan horrors a conspiracy

Top US defense officials denied on Friday that the military had for years hidden from the public its lack of progress in the Afghan...

US withdrawing troops from Afghanistan: Implications for Region

Opinion | Reports from Washington indicate the US will announce partial troop withdrawal from Afghanistan in the next few days. The withdrawal of 4000 troops...

US promises to consider India in Afghan withdrawal

The United States promised Wednesday to take into account India's concerns as it looks to pull out of Afghanistan, in high-level talks that agreed...

Afghanistan the most lethal war zone for children

An average of nine children were killed or crippled every day in Afghanistan in the first nine months of 2019, a UN report said...

Obtaining situation in Afghanistan

Opinion | The US-NATO-ANSF military operations against the Taliban in Afghanistan have been going on since October 7, 2001, relentlessly and have now reached a...