Kandahar, once the domain of the Canadians, is little different. To the east of Kabul, ISIS K (Islamic State-Khorasan Province) controls much of the area and when it is not fighting with the Afghan government forces, it fights with the Taliban. Who do pretty much whatever they like, whenever they like, in most of the country. Kabul is now an extremely ...

NEW DELHI: The notorious Indian spy outfit, Research and Analysis Wing (RAW), had recruited three powerful warlords, including Ahmad Shah Massoud, in Afghanistan during the Soviet invasion, a new book on India's external spy agency has said. The book 'RAW: A History of India’s Covert Operations' by investigativejournalist Yatish Yadav, however, did ...

Sediq Patman, who was recently appointed by President Ashraf Ghani as the governor of Afghanistan's eastern Khost province, has called Jalaluddin Haqqani, founder of the militant Haqqani network, as a great hero.

The former spy chief is of opinion that the Taliban have gained unexpected power through legitimacy provided for the militant group over past two years – through direct US-Taliban talks.

President Ashraf Ghani promoted a notorious warlord as marshal to seal his power-sharing deal. Afghan promises are turning to dust.

The Taliban have stepped up their military activity against Afghan government forces since Yaqoob’s appointment in May, a sign the militants under his leadership may see battlefield wins as upping their leverage at the negotiating table.

This week, Australian media reported on new war crimes allegedly committed by Australia’s Special Air Services (SAS) troops in Afghanistan, including the mass murder of unarmed civilians and planting weapons on the bodies of civilians to cover up unlawful killings.

The construction for the Chabahar-Zahedan line started after India failed to participate apparently due to US sanctions.

Comparing the Russian and the American wars in Afghanistan, the earlier in the 1980s and the later in post-2001 till to date, both experienced a testament to the inherent weaknesses towards a guerrilla fighting, and moreover the minimal operational impact which advanced technology has failed to win on that type of warship. Politically, their inability ...

If we are to understand properly the significance of the claim that Russia paid Taliban fighters a bounty for killing American soldiers in Afghanistan, we must acknowledge that the US had used similar tactics against Soviet troops. The difference between then and now is not what nations do to further their interests, but what they do when they learn ...

While the Afghan government has begun the release of Taliban prisoners and the US prepares for a drawdown in troop numbers, the Taliban’s ties to the Haqqani Network and al-Qaeda remain stronger than ever.

Four Indian police officers were arrested Wednesday for allegedly murdering a father and son who were in custody after being accused of breaking coronavirus restrictions.

As attempts continue to be made to put into operation various elements of the US-Taliban deal, the varied linkages of the Taliban with Pakistan-based extremist groups and transnational extremist organisations such as Al-Qaeda remain the main concern of the international community.

Afghanistan already has one of the worst literacy rates in the world and the new pandemic restrictions, which have kept about ten million students from classrooms, have started to reverse the country’s hard-won educational achievements made in the past 18 years. In the long run, such a gigantic backslide in education will be catastrophic for the country’s ...

Afghanistan was the world's deadliest conflict for children last year, the fifth consecutive year the country has held that status, a United Nations report said on Monday.

Taliban were after taking revenge from foreign troops and the newly formed Afghan National Security Defence Forces (ANSDF). But this time, the Taliban insurgence were emerged more equipped and powerful than before, they were backed by some other countries in the region. Besides international troops, Afghan National Security Defence Force has been fighting ...

But like many Afghans, Mr Amir holds on to the hope that if the war ends, he can work to rebuild his life. “I will start my business as a shopkeeper in the city and live normally in my own country,” he said, adding that he can never return to the city of his youth, but hopes that maybe he can send his children there someday.

Ending the war is necessary whether the Ghani-Abdullah government flops or holds, whether a deal with the Taliban is achieved or not, whether Trump changes his mind yet again. Prolonging the American role in this conflict is not serving US interests or moving Afghanistan closer to peace. We shouldn't wait until next summer to bring our troops home....

New Delhi must re-examine its ‘won’t talk to the Taliban’ stand, but does the Modi government have the stomach for it?

The negotiations are a key component of the U.S.-Taliban deal signed in February that called for the complete withdrawal of foreign troops from Afghanistan in exchange for counterterrorism guarantees from the Taliban, which has agreed to open talks with the central government.