Some key leaders of Afghanistan’s Taliban
The Taliban are an hardline Islamist movement in Afghanistan that has been fighting an insurgency against the Western-backed government in Kabul since being ousted from power in 2001.
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Afghanistan at ‘dangerous turning point’, UN envoy warns Security Council
Special Representative Deborah Lyons, head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), said the
Iran welcomes India’s role in ensuring security in Afghanistan — President Raisi to Jaishankar
During Friday’s meeting, the Iranian President stressed the importance of close cooperation and coordination between Iran and India in developing peace and stability in Afghanistan.
Russia boosts arms supplies to Central Asia amid Afghan mayhem
“The main threat to the Central Asian region today comes from the Afghan direction”.
In Central Asia-South Asia Connectivity, no South Asia without India
By Aditi Bhaduri, The Quint Last week the US announced the formation of a new
Afghan FM Mohammad Haneef Atmar meets with foreign envoys, apprises them of security situation
The Minister noted that Taliban attacks were carried out in direct collusion with more than 10,000 regional terrorists from organisations like the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Ansarullah, Jundallah, and othrs
UN compound in Herat attacked
The attack targeting entrances of the clearly marked United Nations facility was carried out by Anti-Government Elements.
Afghanistan: Record number of women and children killed or wounded
More women and children were killed and wounded in Afghanistan in the first half of 2021 than in the first six months of any year since records began in 2009, a United Nations report has revealed.
Anthony Blinken on first visit to India: key points made
“President Biden’s determination is to continue to grow stronger the relationship between the US and India,” he said
The Taliban: what could its return to power mean for Afghanistan?
An Islamic fundamentalist group dominated by those of Pashtun ethnicity, the Taliban is believed to have first appeared in Saudi Arabia-funded hard-line religious madrassas in northern Pakistan in the early 1990s.