China has indicated it will resume provision of hydrological data to India, as both sides held talks on the Brahmaputra river through their expert-level mechanism on trans-border rivers which convened its first sitting following last years suspension of data-sharing by China. India and China held expert-level talks for the first time after the Doklam crisis. Both the countries engaged in […]

Although India and Pakistan have been accusing each other of harassing their diplomats, the South Asian neighbours will hold talks over the sharing of river waters in New Delhi starting Thursday, two people familiar with the development said. This will be the 114th meeting of the Permanent Indus Commission (PIC) that looks into the sharing of the waters of the […]

President of Sri Lanka Maithripala Sirisena left for home on Saturday vowing to work with Pakistan for regional peace and development. Concluding his three-day visit to Pakistan, the Sri Lankan president was seen off by President Mamnoon Hussain at the Nur Khan Airbase, Radio Pakistan reported. Before leaving, the two sides discussed the entire gamut of bilateral relations and also […]

The government of Pakistan strongly condemned the deadly car bomb attack near a stadium in Lashkargah city, the provincial capital of Helmand province. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan says “Pakistan strongly condemns the heinous suicide car bomb attack outside a stadium in Helmand Province as people were leaving the stadium after watching a wrestling match yesterday. We are […]

Pakistan’s High Commissioner to India Sohail Mahmood has said that both India and Pakistan must give their next generations a future of hope and opportunities. “Since independence in 1947, Pakistan and India have completed 70 years as free nations. At the time of independence, our founding fathers had envisioned an amicable relationship between the two countries. The relations, however, evolved […]

India and the United States on Tuesday committed themselves to strengthening information sharing on some of the world’s most dangerous terrorist groups and individuals apart from exchanging views on efforts to counter the financing and operations of regional and global terrorist organisations. The 15th meeting of the India-US counter-terrorism Joint Working Group (JWG) was held in New Delhi on Thursday. […]

India’s Minister of State for External Affairs, MJ Akbar, said at the Tashkent conference on Afghanistan on Tuesday, that his country remains committed to helping rebuild Afghanistan and turn it into a stable, inclusive and vibrant economy. “India stands committed to any process which can help Afghanistan emerge as a united, peaceful, secure, stable, inclusive and economically vibrant nation, with […]

An agreement on protecting classified data was signed by India and France on March 10, 2018, replacing an earlier agreement signed in 2008, Minister of State for Defence Subhash Bhamre said on Wednesday. “An agreement between India and France regarding the Exchange and Reciprocal Protection of Classified or Protected Information was signed on March 10, 2018, during the visit of […]

According to the report, Afghanistan reached out to India for assistance in acquiring some helicopters urgently needed to help in counter-terrorism operations. The Hindustan Times reported India will underwrite the delivery of four Mi-24 helicopters by Belarus to Afghanistan. Afghanistan, Belarus and India signed a trilateral pact for the refurbished Mi-24 helicopters earlier this month, the Afghan ambassador Shaida Abdali […]

Tweleve militants were killed as Afghan military warplanes pounded Taliban hideouts in the northern Badakhshan, Faryab and Sari Pul provinces on Monday, an official said. The government forces bombed Taliban hideouts in Badakhshan province’s Wardoj district, killing six insurgents, said Army spokesperson Nasratullah Jamshidi.