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External affairs minister S Jaishankar with his Afghani counterpart Amir Khan Muttaqi during a meeting in New Delhi. (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: The landmark visit by Taliban foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to India Friday saw India declaring it will upgrade its technical mission in Kabul to the level of embassy, while announcing a…
Amir Khan Muttaqi with Dr. Jaishankar The Taliban government on Friday accused Pakistan of bombing a border town and violating Afghanistan’s sovereignty, following two late-night explosions in the capital Kabul. “Pakistan violated Afghanistan’s airspace, bombing a civilian market in the Marghi area of Paktika near the Durand Line and also violating Kabul’s sovereign territory,” the…
NEW DELHI: Afghanistan’s foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi arrived in India on Thursday. This marks the first visit by a top Taliban leader since the group returned to power in 2021 following the withdrawal of US-led forces.The six-days trip comes as India aims to deepens its engagement with the Taliban government. Earlier, UN Security Council…
NEW DELHI: The stunning turnaround in India’s ties with Taliban in the past few years on the back of its humanitarian aid for the people of Afghanistan is set to intensify further with a likely visit by acting foreign minister Amir Khan Muttaqi to India on Oct 9-10.He is expected to meet external affairs minister…
Amir Khan Muttaqi (File photo) Taliban Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi has been granted a temporary travel exemption to visit India next week. This marks the first high-level visit by a Taliban leader to New Delhi since the group took power in Afghanistan in 2021.According to officials, the UN Security Council sanctions committee has authorised…
In this February 10, 2016 photo, Afghans access social media websites at a private internet cafe in Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP file photo) The Taliban government in Afghanistan has ordered a nationwide suspension of internet and mobile phone service, following weeks of cutting fibre-optic internet connections in different provinces.According to internet watchdog NetBlocks, the country is…
A British couple, who were detained in Afghanistan earlier this year, have been freed after the Qatari-mediated negotiations. Barbie Reynolds, 76, and her husband Peter, 80, were taken into custody by the Taliban’s interior ministry on February 1 and moved to a maximum-security prison in Kabul in March, AP reported.The couple have lived in Afghanistan…
A Pakistani Taliban ambush in northwest Pakistan on Saturday resulted in the deaths of at least 12 soldiers, as confirmed by local government and security officials to AFP.During a military convoy’s passage through South Waziristan district at 4:00 am, “armed men opened fire from both sides with heavy weapons”, resulting in 12 security personnel deaths…
