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China worked to prevent India from chairing key UNSC terrorism-related bodyWhile India, as announced last week, will still head the counter-terrorism committee and also Taliban and Libya sanctions committees, China's opposition seems to have prevented India from heading the..IndiaTimes - Published | |
India to chair crucial UNSC panels on Taliban, terrorIndiaTimes - Published | |
India to chair UNSC's crucial Taliban and Libya sanctions committees, panel on counter-terrorismIndiaTimes - Published | |
In a first, Indian & Afghan Ulemas condemn Taliban; call its actions illegitimateIn all 14 Islamic religious scholars participated in the meet, 7 each from both side.DNA - Published | |
Entire Taliban brass based in Pak, says its chief negotiatorThe disclosure by Mullah Baradar, the chief Taliban negotiator in the intra-Afghan peace talks, in a video that the entire Taliban leadership is based in Pakistan and that no decision is taken without..IndiaTimes - Published | |
At UN, India highlights violence committed by Taliban in Afghanistan; reiterates calls for ceasefirePeace process and violence cannot go hand in hand, and we call for an immediate and comprehensive ceasefire, India has said.DNA - Published | |
Any peace deal with Taliban will not be detrimental to national security of India: Abdullah AbdullahIndiaTimes - Published | |
Afghanistan did not ask for direct engagement from India to tackle Taliban, says Abdullah AbdullahAbdullah Abdullah, who is on a five-day India visit, on Saturday said that his discussion with the top Indian leadership was around "peace" process and Afghanistan did not ask for direct engagement..DNA - Published | |
Abdullah Abdullah discusses peace process with top Indian leadership, does not seek direct engagement of India in tackling TalibanIndiaTimes - Published | |
Afghan peace negotiator Abdullah Abdullah arrives in Delhi, set to meet PM Narendra Modi, EAM JaishankarAbdullah Abdullah, the chief negotiator with Taliban in the intra-Afghan peace dialogue on Tuesday arrived in New Delhi for a five-day visit during which he is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Last hostage from group of 7 Indians kidnapped in Afghanistan has returned to India: MEAThe seven Indians were kidnapped by Taliban terrorists in the restive northern Baghlan province. Two of those Indians had returned to India last month. The last remaining Indian national (out of the..IndiaTimes - Published | |
Amid Taliban talks, US special representative for Afghanistan reaches DelhiIndiaTimes - Published | |
Head of Afghan peace council thanks India for continued support to AfghanistanHead of Afghanistan's peace council Abdullah Abdullah held talks with a senior Indian official in Doha, covering various aspects of the historic dialogue between the Taliban and the Afghan government..IndiaTimes - Published | India backs Afghanistan peace talks but remains wary of Taliban-ISI linksAs Taliban sat down in Doha for its direct engagement with Afghan government for peace, India participated in the inaugural session of negotiations with foreign minister S Jaishankar underscoring the..IndiaTimes - Published |
As peace talks with Taliban begin, India extends support for 'immediate ceasefire' in AfghanistanIndia's External Affairs minister Dr S Jaishankar, who joined the meet virtually, reiterated that Afghan peace process should be "Afghan-led, Afghan-owned and Afghan-controlled".DNA - Published | China's BRI under threat after Pakistan Taliban reunificationPakistan Taliban's recent reunification of various breakaway factions will pose threats to projects linked to China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in northwestern Pakistan and create internal..IndiaTimes - Published |
EXCLUSIVE: Ball is now in the Taliban court for peace talks, says Afghan President's spokesperson Sediq SediqqiSpeaking exclusively to our Principal Diplomatic Correspondent Sidhant Sibal from Kabul, Sediqqi welcomed India's role and said New Delhi "has played an important role in the country's democracy" and..DNA - Published | 2 Indian nationals abducted in Afghanistan by Taliban in 2018 set to return to IndiaThese were among the 7 Indians working for Maharashtra based KEC International Limited who were kidnapped in May 2018.DNA - Published |
Sikh man abducted by Taliban militants from Afghanistan gurudwara rescuedThe identity of the abductors are unknownDNA - Published | Reluctance to free 'most dangerous' Taliban prisoners slows Afghan peace talks: sourcesWestern powers are backing the Afghan government's refusal to free hundreds of prisoners accused of some of Afghanistan's most violent attacks, a release demanded by the Taliban as a condition to start..Reuters - Published |
Afghan government, Taliban agree to Doha as venue for first peace talksAfghanistan's government and the Islamist Taliban group have agreed that Doha will be the venue for the first meeting in their peace talks, both sides said on Sunday.Reuters India - Published Also reported by •Reuters | Afghan peace talks seen this month after U.S. shuttle diplomacyTalks to end the 18-year-old conflict in Afghanistan may begin this month, sources said on Monday, a day after the U.S. special envoy visited the capital of neighbouring Pakistan and met Taliban..Reuters - Published Also reported by •Reuters India |
U.S. forces conduct airstrikes on Taliban in AfghanistanAmerican forces conducted two airstrikes on Taliban fighters to foil the militant group's plan to launch attacks on Afghan security forces, a U.S. military spokesman said on Friday, in a move that..Reuters - Published | Taliban, al Qaeda retain ties despite U.S.-Taliban deal, U.N. monitors sayTies between the Taliban, especially its Haqqani Network branch, and al Qaeda remain close, independent U.N. sanctions monitors said in a report made public on Monday, despite a U.S.-Taliban pact..Reuters - Published |
Khalilzad sounds upbeat note on chances for intra-Afghan peace talksRecent prisoner releases and a relatively low level of violence may bode well for the start of peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban, U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan..Reuters - Published | Intel sources warn of terror attacks in J&K by Pak-trained terroristsAccording to sources, a group of around 20 members of the Taliban are being trained by Pakistan Army's SSG near Jalalabad to plan attacks in Jammu and Kashmir.DNA - Published |
Afghan government says ceasefire still in place even as skirmishes with Taliban resumeSkirmishes between Taliban fighters and Afghan security forces recommenced in Afghanistan in the day since a three-day ceasefire expired, but government officials said on Thursday that the incidents..Reuters - Published | Exclusive: U.S. troop strength in Afghanistan down to close to 8,600 ahead of schedule - sourcesU.S. troop strength in Afghanistan is down to nearly 8,600, well ahead of a schedule agreed with Taliban militants in late February, in part because of concerns about the spread of the coronavirus,..Reuters - Published Also reported by •Reuters India |
Exclusive: U.S. ahead of schedule in cutting Afghanistan troop strength - sourcesU.S. troop strength in Afghanistan is down to nearly 8,600, well ahead of a schedule agreed with Taliban militants in late February, in part because of concerns about the spread of the coronavirus,..Reuters - Published Also reported by •Reuters India | Afghanistan begins freeing 900 Taliban prisoners, urges truce extensionThe Afghan government said it was in the process of freeing 900 Taliban members from prison on Tuesday, the biggest such release yet, and urged the insurgent group to extend a three-day ceasefire set..Reuters India - Published Also reported by •Reuters |
Afghan government will free 900 Taliban prisoners Tuesday - Afghan officialThe Afghan government urged the Taliban to extend a three-day ceasefire which is due to end on Tuesday night and also announced that it would release 900 prisoners from the insurgent group on Tuesday.Reuters India - Published Also reported by •Reuters | Afghan Taliban declare three-day Eid ceasefire from SundayThe Taliban declared a three-day Eid ceasefire starting on Sunday, a spokesman for the hard-line Islamist group wrote in a tweet on Saturday, a move that comes as fighting has intensified between the..Reuters India - Published Also reported by •Reuters |
U.S. envoy meets Afghan president and former rival Abdullah in push for peaceThe United States' special envoy for Afghanistan on Wednesday met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and his former rival Abdullah Abdullah, to discuss progress towards a peace deal with the insurgent..Reuters - Published | U.S. envoy to press Taliban, Afghan officials on peace talksA senior U.S. envoy left for Doha and Kabul on Sunday to press Taliban and Afghan government officials to open peace talks that the United States hopes will allow it to withdraw from Afghanistan, the..Reuters India - Published Also reported by •Reuters |
Kashmir India’s ‘internal affair, won’t interfere’, say TalibanIndiaTimes - Published | Taliban blast near Afghan intelligence base kills seven, injures 40Taliban fighters detonated a car bomb on Monday near an Afghan intelligence agency installation in the central province of Ghazni, killing at least seven people and wounding 40, officials and the..Reuters - Published Also reported by •Reuters India |
India should talk to Taliban if Delhi feels it will bolster peace push - Pakistan's U.S. envoyIndia should speak with Taliban militants if it feels that it will help the peace process, Pakistan's envoy to Washington said on Saturday, after a series of attacks in Afghanistan raised questions..Reuters India - Published Also reported by •Reuters | Taliban accuses India of playing 'negative' role by supporting Kabul govtIndiaTimes - Published |