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South Asian countries have struggled to have relations with Israel
By P.K.Balachandran/Daily News Colombo, March 3 – Countries in South Asia, barring Nepal, have had severe problems establishing ties with Israel. It wasn’t easy to shed their anti-imperialist and anti-colonial commitments and reconcile to the stubborn reality of Israel – a key player in the...
India’s bonhomie with Taliban could help rein in Islamic terrorists in Afghanistan
The Al Qaeda Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and its cognate Jihadi groups are based in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan
Pakistan and Afghanistan announce immediate ceasefire after talks in Doha
Doha, October 19 (Dawn) – Pakistan and Afghanistan have agreed to an immediate ceasefire following high-level negotiations in Doha, where both sides also decided to establish a permanent mechanism to ensure lasting peace and stability, state-run PTV News reported on Sunday. Amid heightened tensions along...
Pakistan Jamiat leader Fazlur Rehman calls for Pak-Afghan truce
Dera Ismail Khan (Pakistan), October 17 (Express Tribune) – Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Thursday that fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan was not in the interest of either country and urged that, along with a ceasefire, there should also be restraint in...
Afghan Foreign Minister holds special presser for women after barring them first
By Geeta Pandey/ BBC News, Delhi New Delhi, October 13 – Female journalists occupied front-row seats at the Afghan Taliban foreign minister’s press conference in Delhi on Sunday. \ It’s often said that a picture can speak a thousand words. The one in Indian newspapers...
No role says India on absence of women journos in Taliban leader’s presser in Delhi
New Delhi, October 11 (NDTV) – India on Saturday asserted that it had “no role to play” in the press conference addressed by Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi in New Delhi – which sparked outrage as no women were ‘allowed’ in it. According to...
No woman reporter allowed in Afghan FM’s presser in New Delhi
By Shubhajit Roy/Indian Express New Delhi, October 11 – Minutes before Taliban-led Afghanistan’s Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi walked into the Afghan embassy in Delhi, an angry young Afghan stomped out with a flagpole. “I will not let them hoist the Taliban flag as long...
Taliban minister’s message from Indian soil to Pakistan on terrorism
New Delhi, October 10 (NDTV) – Terror groups like the Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad have long operated from Afghan soil. But the Taliban has wiped out all terrorists in the last four years, claimed visiting Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi during his India visit, advising Pakistan...
India to build houses for Afghan refugee returnees
Announcement made by Foreign Minister S.Jaishankar in the presence of the Afghan Foreign Minister Amir Khan Muttaqi
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