Diplomatic Enclave

In a leafy lane in Delhi's Diplomatic Enclave, Afghanistan's embassy is grappling with a question confronting Afghan diplomats in capitals across the world triggered by the hasty, unseemly exit of former President Ashraf Ghani and the rapid takeover

A hotel in Delhi's posh Chanakyapuri area, which houses the diplomatic enclave, was the first stop of Masood Azhar, the Jaish-e-Mohammed chief, when he first arrived in India in January 1994 and dodged immigration officials'' queries about his Portugese passport by claiming he was a "Gujarati by birth".

At a Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government approved the transfer of land for establishing a second Diplomatic Enclave in New Delhi's Dwarka Sector-24 area.

Four-months after Bangladesh's worst terror attack on an upscale cafe in Dhaka in the capital's diplomatic enclave, authorities have returned the eatery where 22 people, including an Indian girl, were killed during a bloody siege by Islamist terrorists.

The son of a senior leader of Bangladesh's ruling Awami League could be one of the seven attackers who hacked to death 20 hostages at a restaurant in the diplomatic enclave here, a media report said today.

Bangladeshi forces stormed an upscale Dhaka restaurant to end a hostage-taking by heavily armed militants early Saturday, killing six of the attackers and rescuing 13 captives including foreigners. One terrorist was also caught alive.

The details remain murky. On Friday night, assailants assaulted a restaurant in an upscale neighborhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh's teeming capital. They fired weapons and hurled grenades. Initial reports suggest that there are six to eight gunmen inside the establishment, detaining about 20 hostages. At least one police officer has been slain during th...

A powerful blast hit downtown Kabul today as a suicide car bomber targeted foreign military vehicles, officials said, with casualties feared.

Around 30,000 protesters led by Pakistan's cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan and cleric Tahir ul-Qadri descended on Islamabad's "Red Zone", the political and diplomatic enclave, late on Tuesday evening. Their aim: forcing Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to step down. Despite the presence of hundreds of armed soldiers, they managed to enter the are...

Germany, France and Britain proposed reactivating a European Union mission to reopen the Rafah crossing on the Egypt-Gaza border to help stabilise the Palestinian enclave after a month-long war, a German diplomatic source said on Wednesday.

Afghan security forces Sunday shot dead two suspected suicide bombers in a car near a construction site in Kabul's diplomatic enclave, a police official and an AFP photographer said.

The Interior Ministry called on the Pakistan Army here on Thursday as thousands of enraged protesters attempted to reach Islamabad's heavily-guarded diplomatic enclave in a bid to register their protest against a US-made anti-Islam film.

Police fired live rounds and tear gas on Thursday to break up a crowd of around 1,000 students, many armed with wooden clubs, protesting in Islamabad against a US-made anti-Islam film. The demonstrators were driven back by police as they tried to reach Islamabad's heavily-guarded diplomatic enclave, which is home to most Western embassies, includin...

In a leafy lane in Delhi's Diplomatic Enclave, Afghanistan's embassy is grappling with a question confronting Afghan diplomats in capitals across the world triggered by the hasty, unseemly exit of former President Ashraf Ghani and the rapid takeover

A hotel in Delhi's posh Chanakyapuri area, which houses the diplomatic enclave, was the first stop of Masood Azhar, the Jaish-e-Mohammed chief, when he first arrived in India in January 1994 and dodged immigration officials'' queries about his Portugese passport by claiming he was a "Gujarati by birth".

At a Union Cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government approved the transfer of land for establishing a second Diplomatic Enclave in New Delhi's Dwarka Sector-24 area.

Four-months after Bangladesh's worst terror attack on an upscale cafe in Dhaka in the capital's diplomatic enclave, authorities have returned the eatery where 22 people, including an Indian girl, were killed during a bloody siege by Islamist terrorists.

The son of a senior leader of Bangladesh's ruling Awami League could be one of the seven attackers who hacked to death 20 hostages at a restaurant in the diplomatic enclave here, a media report said today.

Bangladeshi forces stormed an upscale Dhaka restaurant to end a hostage-taking by heavily armed militants early Saturday, killing six of the attackers and rescuing 13 captives including foreigners. One terrorist was also caught alive.

The details remain murky. On Friday night, assailants assaulted a restaurant in an upscale neighborhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh's teeming capital. They fired weapons and hurled grenades. Initial reports suggest that there are six to eight gunmen inside the establishment, detaining about 20 hostages. At least one police officer has been slain during th...

A powerful blast hit downtown Kabul today as a suicide car bomber targeted foreign military vehicles, officials said, with casualties feared.

Around 30,000 protesters led by Pakistan's cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan and cleric Tahir ul-Qadri descended on Islamabad's "Red Zone", the political and diplomatic enclave, late on Tuesday evening. Their aim: forcing Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to step down. Despite the presence of hundreds of armed soldiers, they managed to enter the are...

Germany, France and Britain proposed reactivating a European Union mission to reopen the Rafah crossing on the Egypt-Gaza border to help stabilise the Palestinian enclave after a month-long war, a German diplomatic source said on Wednesday.

Afghan security forces Sunday shot dead two suspected suicide bombers in a car near a construction site in Kabul's diplomatic enclave, a police official and an AFP photographer said.

The Interior Ministry called on the Pakistan Army here on Thursday as thousands of enraged protesters attempted to reach Islamabad's heavily-guarded diplomatic enclave in a bid to register their protest against a US-made anti-Islam film.

Police fired live rounds and tear gas on Thursday to break up a crowd of around 1,000 students, many armed with wooden clubs, protesting in Islamabad against a US-made anti-Islam film. The demonstrators were driven back by police as they tried to reach Islamabad's heavily-guarded diplomatic enclave, which is home to most Western embassies, includin...