Tolo News: Afghanistan’s new Parliament building, which boasts the biggest dome in Asia, is set to be inaugurated in the next few days – all thanks to India. The design is a combination of Mughal and modern architecture and is situated between Kabul’s decades-old historic landmarks King’s Palace ‘Darulaman’ and the Queen’s Palace – which
Khaama Press: The Indian cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the reconstruction and completion of Salma dam at a revised cost of INR 1,775.69 crore which is equivalent to around $268,050,296. Built on Harirod river, the dam is expected to produce 42 megawatt of electricity and will irrigate around 75,000 hectares of
Sputnik: Afghan intelligence services have thwarted a terrorist attack coinciding with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit this week, government sources told Indian media on Tuesday. Click here to read more (external link).
Khaama Press: The newly-built Afghan parliament building is all set for a formal inauguration on coming Friday as the Indian officials have said Prime Minister Narendra Modi will likely visit Kabul on the same day for the inauguration ceremony. The trip by Modi has not been officially confirmed however sources privy of the development have said he
Yamin Zakaria: Call it political analysis or conspiracy theory, commercial interests often underpins foreign policy. Accordingly, many alleged that the US supported the Taliban regime through its ally Pakistan because it wanted to build a Gas pipeline in the 1990s along with the other strategic interests. The pipeline would run from the Central Asian countries through
Khaama Press December 18, 2015 The construction work of the new Afghan parliament building is expected to be fully completed by the end of this month, it has been reported. Started in 2009 by India’s premier government-owned construction agency Central Public Works Department (CPWD), the project is in its final stage of completion. According to
Quartz: Indian foreign minister Sushma Swaraj’s arrival in Islamabad last week to deliberate on Afghanistan at the Heart of Asia Conference was both surreal and spectacular. After all, why would Pakistan want to discuss a taboo subject with India at a time when the two rivals are not on talking terms? Click here to read
VOA News Ayaz Gul December 13, 2015 ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN—Construction of a much-anticipated $10-billion pipeline transporting natural gas from Turkmenistan to Afghanistan, Pakistan and India began Sunday, 25 years after the inception of the project. The so-called Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India (TAPI) project aims to export up to 33 billion cubic meters (bcm) of natural gas per year through
Khaama Press December 10, 2015 A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) and Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority on Thursday to help Afghanistan cricket with a home ground in India. According to the local media reports, the MoU was signed
Tolo News: Afghan and Indian officials on Tuesday celebrated the 100-year anniversary of the establishment of a provisional government of India, which was a government-in-exile, in Kabul. The Provisional Government of India was established in Afghanistan on December 1, 1915 by Indian nationalists, many of them Muslims, during World War I. Click here to read