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Crossfiring with heavy weapons across the Pakistan -Taliban Afghanistan border has been active for some time but more fiercely this week. This is a curious turn in the contemporary history of the region. Pak-Afghan relations have not been cordial since the creation of Pakistan in 1947. Afghan monarchy in 1947 had serious concerns about the […]

After stopping their access to education, the Taliban further curtails the freedom of women in Afghanistan

Monotheistic cultures can’t handle educated women or literate women who eventually start thinking independently and making their own decisions, living lives on their own terms.

NEW DELHI: Tears rolled down the cheeks of Ajmeet Singh as Farid Mamundzay, the Afghan Ambassador to India, hugged him after giving him a photo of his father Sawinder Singh Kakkar on Monday. It was a poignant moment that overwhelmed the occasion as the Antim Ardas for Sawinder Singh Kakkar, the 55-year-old who was killed […]

NEW DELHI: Top security officials of India and seven other countries on Wednesday discussed the evolving situation in Afghanistan, especially the security situation and its regional and global ramifications. In the third regional security dialogue chaired by NSA Ajit Doval, the eight nations called for a collective cooperation against the menace of radicalisation, extremism, separatism […]