New Delhi, Aug 22 (IANS) India on Tuesday welcomed US President Donald Trump’s new Afghanistan policy, saying New Delhi is committed to supporting Kabul in its efforts to secure peace and stability. “We welcome President…
Kabul, Aug 22 (IANS) Afghan President Ashraf Gahni on Tuesday welcomed the new strategy announced by US President Donald Trump. “I am grateful to President Trump and the American people for this affirmation of support…
Baghdad, Aug 22 (IANS) The UN has urged better care for thousands of women and girls who survived sexual violence by the Islamic State militant group, the media reported on Tuesday. According to a report,…
Canberra, Aug 22 (IANS) The Australian government will consider any request from the US to contribute further troops to Afghanistan, Defence Minister Marise Payne said on Tuesday. In a statement following US President Donald Trump’s…
Kabul, Aug 22 (IANS) The Taliban on Tuesday warned that the US would lose many more lives in Afghanistan after President Donald Trump approved increasing the number of American troops deployed to the war-torn South…
Kabul, Aug 22 (IANS) General John Nicholson, the top US and NATO commander in Afghanistan, on Tuesday said the Taliban cannot win the war in Afghanistan by military means. He made the comments in the…
By Arul Louis New York, Aug 22 (IANS) With his trademark bluntness, US President Donald Trump has put Pakistan on notice with a virtual ultimatum warning that it “has much to lose” by backing terrorists…
Kabul, Aug 22 (IANS) The Afghan Taliban on Tuesday said its militants will continue the war against US and its allies until the US-led forces leave Afghanistan. The statement comes after US President Donald Trump…
By Mayank Chhaya President Donald Trump has signaled an open-ended involvement without an identifiable end game by announcing a conditions-based approach instead of a time-based approach to the Afghan war. In his first major national…
By Arul Louis New York, Aug 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has declared that he sees a “critical” role for India in his country’s South Asia strategy for fighting terrorism and building up a…
Srinagar, Aug 22 (IANS) A gunfight erupted on Tuesday between militants and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kupwara district, police said. As soon as the security forces cordoned off Hingnikoot area following information about…
By Arul Louis New York, Aug 22 (IANS) In possibly the sternest warning to Pakistan by an American leader, US President Donald Trump has put Islamabad on notice, declaring it “has much to lose by…
Washington, Aug 22 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has said that he wants to further develop strategic partnership with India to achieve country’s goals in Afghanistan, saying American troops “will fight to win” and “from…
Madrid, Aug 22 (IANS) Spanish police on Monday said they have killed eight suspected terrorists, including the driver of the van, and detained four of the 12-member terror cell behind Catalan region’s twin attacks. According…
Ankara, Aug 22 (IANS) Turkish security forces on Monday thwarted a bomb attack planned by the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) militants, according to an official statement. The gendarmerie forces carried out an operation after receiving…
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) The Congress on Monday noted that the Narendra Modi government has not been able to find a single competent officer to head the National Investigation Agency (NIA) and asked why…
Islamabad, Aug 21 (IANS) Pakistani forces have killed 52 terrorists and wounded 31 others in an offensive in a mountainous region in the Khyber tribal region, the military said on Monday. The forces had launched…
Madrid, Aug 21 (IANS) The suspected Barcelona terror attacker, who last week drove a van through the Rambla boulevard killing 13 people, was on Monday found wearing a fake explosives belt and was shot dead…
New Delhi, Aug 21 (IANS) Lt. Col. Prasad Shrikant Purohit, an accused in the 2008 Malegaon blast who was granted bail by the Supreme Court, will be attached to an Army unit but remain under…
London, Aug 21 (IANS) Hate crimes committed on the social media will be treated as seriously as offences carried out face to face, according to new guidelines issued by Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) as…