Afghanistan

New Delhi, Aug 7 (UNI) The Taliban is not operating alone in Afghanistan, according to the country's Ambassador to the UN, Ghulam M Isaczai. More than 10,000 foreign fighters are in the country, representing 20 groups, including Al-Qaeda…

United Nations, Aug 6 (UNI/Sputnik) Afghanistan risks slipping into full-scale protracted civil war amid the absence of progress on peace negotiations, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vassily Nebenzia said in a…

New Delhi, Aug 6 (UNI) With Doha becoming the hub of peace negotiations on Afghanistan, the current India visit by the special envoy of the Qatar Foreign Minister, to discuss the Afghan situation with External Affairs Minister S…

New Delhi, Aug 5 (UNI) India said on Thursday it is closely monitoring the evolving security situation in Afghanistan and called for an “immediate and comprehensive ceasefire”, amid the escalating violence engulfing the war-torn country.…

United Nations, Aug 5 (UNI/Xinhua) The United Nations is deeply concerned about the safety of civilians in Lashkar Gah, the capital city of Helmand province in southern Afghanistan, fearing tens of thousands were trapped by fighting, UN…

Kabul, Aug 3 (UNI) As the Taliban attacked Kabul on Tuesday evening, Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar called Indian External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to request convening of an emergency session on Afghanistan at the UN…

New Delhi, Aug 3 (UNI) The gap between the emphasis placed on Intellectual Property Rights by the pharma industry and the meeting of public health goals in the time of Covid-19 will only delay the elimination of the pandemic by several…

Washington/Islamabad, Aug 1 (UNI) Pakistan’s National Security Adviser Moeed Yusuf has said that Pakistan cannot bear the burden of hosting more Afghan refugees and that arrangements should be made to keep displaced Afghans inside their…

Moscow, Aug 2 (UNI) At least 20 people, including civilians, have died and another 90 were injured during the last four days of ongoing fighting with the Taliban (a terror group, banned in Russia) in the Afghan city of Herat and its…

Kabul, Jul 31 (UNI) Fighting is raging around three major cities in Afghanistan - Herat, Lashkar Gah and Kandahar – with the Taliban militants entering parts of the cities in the southern and western part of the country. Amid the tense…

New Delhi, Jul 29 (UNI) Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla during his two-day visit to the UK last week had discussed the issue of the return of economic offenders among other matters, the MEA said on Thursday, as India is trying to…

New Delhi, Jul 29 (UNI) Army Chief General MM Naravane held talks with Commander of United States Special Operations Command General (USSOCOM), Richard D Clarke earlier on Thursday, focusing on key issues like defence and strategic…

New Delhi, Jul 29 (UNI) India, Uzbekistan, Iran and Afghanistan will hold their first quadrilateral meet on the joint use of Chabahar port later this year, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday. Ministry of External Affairs…

New Delhi, Jul 28 (UNI) India said on Wednesday it is imperative that the peace negotiations on Afghanistan are taken seriously by all parties, and that the independence and sovereignty of the war-torn country can only be ensured if it is…

United Nations, Jul 27 (UNI/XINHUA) Pakistan's Balochistan province, battered by a harsh winter, a locust invasion, COVID-19, and drought-like conditions, faces a food emergency for about 500,000 people, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.…

New Delhi, Jul 27 (UNI) Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said he is looking forward to discuss defence and regional cooperation with fellow Shanghai Cooperation Organisation countries in his interaction in the Tajikistan capital…

A century ago, the rate of Bangladeshi among medical tourists in India was around 23 per cent, while last year it stood at more than 54 per cent. This was disclosed in the latest statistics released by the Tourism Ministry of India.…