The Taliban are consistently taking heavy losses in the battlefield and military offensives and Afghanistan’s armed forces killed at least 56 militants and injured 22 others in crackdowns over past day.

Top Communist Party of India-Maoist (CPI-Maoist) ‘zonal commander’ identified as Sahdeo Rai alias Tala Da, who was main accused in murder of five Policemen including the then Pakur Superintendent of Police (SP), Amarjit Balihar in 2013, was killed in an encounter with the Police force near Chhatupada village under Shikaripada Police Station limits in Dumka District of Jharkhand on January […]

Khango Konyak-led faction of National Socialist Council of Nagaland-Khaplang (NSCN-K), a Naga insurgent outfit, has agreed to join the peace talks with the Government of India (GoI), Hindustan Times on January

The United States (US) Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Qatar Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani on January 13 said Doha and Washington will work together on the Afghanistan peace process and addressing regional security challenges.

The Afghan government on Monday said that the regional countries’ attempts to engage in rivalry in the peace process in Afghanistan is quite harmful and the issue further complicates the peace process. Meanwhile, US Special Representative for Afghanistan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad has arrived in Beijing where he is holding talks with senior Chinese officials about the peace process in Afghanistan.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has pitched for friendly relations with India while opining that the “basic problem” between the two countries is Kashmir. “We are trying to have a dialogue, trying to move towards a friendly relationship with India…Pakistan obviously wants stability because we want economic progress,” Khan remarked during a joint press conference held with Turkish President Recep […]

Afghanistan’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Abdullah Abdullah said that India is seeking peace in Afghanistan. Abdullah gave this statement while addressing a session with the Council of Ministers here on Monday.

India and Afghanistan have further cemented the close cooperation in the field of development partnership by signing 11 Memorandum o Understanding (MoUs) for people-centric projects, according to a statement on Monday. These projects come under the ambit of community based Small Development Projects (SDP) which are aimed at building capacities and capabilities of Afghan nationals and institutions for governance and […]

Afghan security forces have killed a key member of the Taliban extremist group in a night raid in Qarabagh district of Kabul on Sunday, said officials on Monday.

German Police donated detection equipment to the Afghan Interpol in a bid to help them identify and arrest criminals. The equipment donated by Germany police included security camera, smart camera, night vision cameras, TVs, projectors and sound recorders, said a statement issued by Ministry of Interior (MoI).