India. Taliban

The role of Pakistan in enabling the Taliban is a victory for the hardliners in the country's government, a top American lawmaker has said, asserting it is not sending a good message to India.

Karnataka BJP MLA Aravind Ballad has blamed "the Taliban crisis in Afghanistan" for a steady hike in fuel and gas cylinder prices - a hike that began in May - in India.

With the announcement of a Taliban government in Afghanistan now just a day away, the terrorist group's ties with India and the future of the relationship between the two countries are under the spotlight.

Jeet Bahadur Thapa shuddered as he recalled how he and other Indians thought they might be killed by the Taliban any minute after they were made to sit in an open area at Kabul airport for five hours by the militia before they could leave for India.

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday urged Minister of State for External Affairs of India. V Muraleedharan, to immediately evacuate the Kulgam professors teaching at Bakhtar University in Kabul.

As talks with the Taliban insurgents taper, Afghanistan has said it may look at military assistance from India. However, its envoy has clarified that this did not translate to the involvement of troops, but only aid in training and technical support.

Barack Obama has said that he had ruled out involving Pakistan in the raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout because it was an "open secret" that certain elements inside Pakistan's military, and especially its intelligence services, maintained links to the Taliban and perhaps even al-Qaeda, sometimes using them as strategic assets against Afghanistan an...

Days after US President Donald Trump sought Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's help in the Afghan peace process, a top American commander has told lawmakers that Islamabad's policy seems to be unchanged and it continues to use the Taliban as a hedge against India.

The murder of a CPI(M) youth wing leader in Kerala has led to a massive crackdown by police on activists associated with the radical Islamic organization, Popular Front Of India (PFI), and its political wing Social Democratic Party of India.

Tributes for Pakistan's late former Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) chief Hamid Gul poured in today, words bound to infuriate Pakistan's neighbours after he spent a career promoting militancy in Afghanistan and India.

Heavy fighting between Afghan security forces and Taliban insurgents that killed more than 30 combatants today threatened a major northern city, prompting President Ashraf Ghani to delay a state visit to India.

After this week's Taliban attack on a school in Peshawar in Pakistan, the government has reissued detailed instructions to schools across the country on how to prepare against and react to any threat to children, including a terror attack where students could be taken hostage.

A new video from Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri will set the alarm bells off in India. In the video, al-Zawahiri announces Osama Bin Laden's notorious terror group's new wing in the subcontinent. The message comes as youth worldwide are turning to militant Islam and tuning in to Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Youth from America, Pakist...

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai is in India to seek economic cooperation but the focus this time is likely to be on security. The Afghan MPs, Opposition leaders, former intelligence chiefs and police commissioners have told NDTV that they want more than developmental aid from India.

After being critical of Pakistan over its links with Taliban militants, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has now said his country would stand by Islamabad in the event of hostilities with any nation, including the United States or India.

The role of Pakistan in enabling the Taliban is a victory for the hardliners in the country's government, a top American lawmaker has said, asserting it is not sending a good message to India.

Karnataka BJP MLA Aravind Ballad has blamed "the Taliban crisis in Afghanistan" for a steady hike in fuel and gas cylinder prices - a hike that began in May - in India.

With the announcement of a Taliban government in Afghanistan now just a day away, the terrorist group's ties with India and the future of the relationship between the two countries are under the spotlight.

Jeet Bahadur Thapa shuddered as he recalled how he and other Indians thought they might be killed by the Taliban any minute after they were made to sit in an open area at Kabul airport for five hours by the militia before they could leave for India.

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday urged Minister of State for External Affairs of India. V Muraleedharan, to immediately evacuate the Kulgam professors teaching at Bakhtar University in Kabul.

As talks with the Taliban insurgents taper, Afghanistan has said it may look at military assistance from India. However, its envoy has clarified that this did not translate to the involvement of troops, but only aid in training and technical support.

Barack Obama has said that he had ruled out involving Pakistan in the raid on Osama bin Laden's hideout because it was an "open secret" that certain elements inside Pakistan's military, and especially its intelligence services, maintained links to the Taliban and perhaps even al-Qaeda, sometimes using them as strategic assets against Afghanistan an...

Days after US President Donald Trump sought Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's help in the Afghan peace process, a top American commander has told lawmakers that Islamabad's policy seems to be unchanged and it continues to use the Taliban as a hedge against India.

The murder of a CPI(M) youth wing leader in Kerala has led to a massive crackdown by police on activists associated with the radical Islamic organization, Popular Front Of India (PFI), and its political wing Social Democratic Party of India.

Tributes for Pakistan's late former Inter-Service Intelligence (ISI) chief Hamid Gul poured in today, words bound to infuriate Pakistan's neighbours after he spent a career promoting militancy in Afghanistan and India.

Heavy fighting between Afghan security forces and Taliban insurgents that killed more than 30 combatants today threatened a major northern city, prompting President Ashraf Ghani to delay a state visit to India.

After this week's Taliban attack on a school in Peshawar in Pakistan, the government has reissued detailed instructions to schools across the country on how to prepare against and react to any threat to children, including a terror attack where students could be taken hostage.

A new video from Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri will set the alarm bells off in India. In the video, al-Zawahiri announces Osama Bin Laden's notorious terror group's new wing in the subcontinent. The message comes as youth worldwide are turning to militant Islam and tuning in to Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. Youth from America, Pakist...

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai is in India to seek economic cooperation but the focus this time is likely to be on security. The Afghan MPs, Opposition leaders, former intelligence chiefs and police commissioners have told NDTV that they want more than developmental aid from India.

After being critical of Pakistan over its links with Taliban militants, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has now said his country would stand by Islamabad in the event of hostilities with any nation, including the United States or India.