VOA News Ayaz Gul September 4, 2016 ISLAMABAD — The Taliban is urging India to stop giving lethal military equipment to the Afghan government, condemning it as a “clear hostility” towards the war-torn nation. In its first public reaction to New Delhi’s growing military cooperation with Kabul, the Islamist insurgency alleged Indian aircraft and equipment are
1TV: Former President Hamid Karzai blessed with a baby girl, his fourth child was born on Tuesday morning in private Gurgaon hospital in India. “The baby girl was born around 9.30 am on Tuesday. Both the mother and her baby daughter are doing quite well,” Afghan ambassador to India, Shaida Mohammad Abdali saidas quoted by Times of
Khaama Press: Afghanistan has reached to an agreement with India to airlift trade commodities as tensions remain persistent between Afghanistan and Pakistan along the Durand Line. Officials in Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries (ACCI) have said the agreement was reached with India after closure of land route by Pakistan incurred millions in loss to the Afghan
Tolo News: In a recent policy shift, India’s traditional rival Pakistan has slapped new sanctions on Afghan nationals who have an Indian visa in their passports. On Tuesday, director of Hamid Karzai International Airport, Jabbarkhail said that over the past few days Pakistan has deported or banned entry to at least ten Afghans after finding Indian visas
VOA News Ayaz Gul August 22, 2016 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN — The leaders of Afghanistan and India have vowed to continue their joint efforts to “overcome terror and extremism” facing the two nations. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated the resolve Monday during a video conference inaugurating the newly-restored Storay (Star) Palace,
Michael Hughes: The United States is pivoting towards New Delhi at the expense of Islamabad vis-à-vis the rivals’ proxy war inside Afghanistan. One could argue that given Pakistan is unlikely to ever abandon terrorism as a foreign policy tool, the U.S. and India might as well collaborate on containment. Yet Pakistan, seeing Indian influence in Kabul
1TV: The United States has expressed support for more Indian military aid as requested by the Afghan government. India delivered four Mi-15 attack helicopters to Kabul late last year and recently Afghan government has reportedly requested more helicopters from the country. Click here to read more (external link). Related Pakistan huffs and puffs over US support for
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 23, 2016 An Indian charity worker kidnapped in the Afghan capital last month has been released, Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj announced on July 23. Forty-year-old Judith D’Souza was taken at gunpoint on June 9 near her residence in the center of Kabul. Swaraj thanked Afghanistan for its “help and
The Indian Express: Afghan people trust India more than Pakistan with New Delhi making significant investments in developmental projects in the war-torn country, a former senior Indian diplomat has said. India has capability and interest to play a strong role in west of India, including in Afghanistan and Mid-east, as well as to the east, former
First Post: India’s Afghan policy, which is marked by its soft power projections in that country, has remained unchanged since the Vajpayee-era. The policy got a huge boost during the Manmohan Singh regime. Modi is continuing this legacy. The basic premise behind this policy has been that as the Western countries led by the United States