US 'laser-focused' on troop pullout from Afghanistan by Aug 31

The Biden Administration on Monday said it was now focused on completing its evacuation mission from Afghanistan by August 31, the deadline for removing all American troops from the country.......

China has big role to play in Af's rebuilding, reconstruction: Taliban

The Taliban have appealed to the international community to recognise it amid growing resentment against it at home and abroad, even as the Afghan militant group sought to placate China, saying......

7 killed in chaos in Kabul airport as hundreds try to flee

At least seven people, including three Afghan nationals who clung to a US Air Force plane to escape Taliban rule, died on Monday in a melee at the Kabul airport, as hundreds of people scrambled to......

Spectre of Biden presidency haunts India

'The hardliners in Delhi are in for a big disappointment,' predicts Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.   From the Indian perspective, the prospect of a Joe Biden presidency becomes a moment of......

Rashid Khan tense as family stuck in Afghanistan: KP

'We had a long chat here on the boundary talking about it and he's worried: he can't get his family out of Afghanistan and there's a lot of things happening for him.' IMAGE: Afghanistan's Rashid......