Afghanistan

Afghan women, war-scarred and scattered across the world, can finally play FIFA tournaments

May 06, 2026 12:41 am

This moment offers hope and fires the imagination of thousands of athletes who fled the country when the Taliban returned to power in 2021. When it started restricting women’s sports, 70-odd women associated with football fled their country just so that they could play football, with the help of expat footballers around the world

Afghan women's refugee team can now play in FIFA tournaments

April 29, 2026 6:08 pm

The Afghan women’s national football team last played a competitive match in 2018. When the Taliban wrested back control of the country in 2021, one of the first things it did was bring women's sport to a halt.

Seven dead, 85 wounded in Pakistani strikes in Afghanistan: Report

April 28, 2026 1:44 pm

Pakistani missiles and mortars hit several civilian homes in Kunar province and Jamaluddin Afghani University in the provincial capital, Asadabad.

'We don't need financial support, just prayers' – Shapoor Zadran's brother as former Afghanistan cricketer battles rare disease

April 23, 2026 4:41 pm

Zadran is suffering from an advanced form of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)

Multiple deaths reported as gunmen open fire on Shia families at Herat picnic site in Afghanistan

April 11, 2026 10:24 am

Afghanistan shooting: Several people from the Hazara Shia community were killed after gunmen opened fire at a picnic site in Herat, Afghanistan. One suspect was detained.

In deploying ground troops in Iran, US is doubling down on failure

March 30, 2026 7:34 pm

Notwithstanding its military might, the US has had many failures across the globe in recent decades, both in interventions and in ground invasions: Bay of Pigs, Afghanistan, Vietnam, and Iraq, to name a few

Caught Between Two Conflicts, Afghans Flee Iran

March 23, 2026 10:07 pm

“We wanted to put up with the war, but after three weeks, fear weighs in,” Sajjadi said on a recent afternoon as she stepped back into Afghanistan.

India’s food aid to war-torn Afghanistan is a powerful message

March 21, 2026 6:53 am

The partnership between the two has always been about more than aid — it is about shared humanity

Days after Pak strike in Kabul, India sends medical aid to Afghanistan

March 21, 2026 3:54 am

A day after the attacks by Pakistan, India had on March 17 condemned the “barbaric” attack.

Af-Pak ‘open war’ risks becoming an intractable conflict

March 20, 2026 7:22 am

The countries that could exert pressure on Pakistan to work towards meaningful progress rather than just a temporary ceasefire remain engaged in their own conflict

Heavy rain tiggers flash floods, kills 84 in Afghanistan

May 19, 2024 10:02 pm

The United Nations considers Afghanistan as one of the countries most vulnerable to climate change.

In pictures: French photographer's flowery portraits in conflict-afflicted Afghanistan

September 19, 2023 1:16 pm

The exhibition will be at Galerie Romain Rolland, Alliance Française de Delhi till September 30, 2023

Protests in Afghanistan as Taliban move to enforce university ban on women

December 23, 2022 2:29 pm

A day after Taliban ban, female students turned away from Afghan universities

December 21, 2022 10:22 pm

Lost childhood: Afghan kids work at brick kilns to help families stay afloat

September 25, 2022 8:57 pm

A recent survey by Save the Children estimated that half of Afghanistan’s families have put children to work to keep food on the table as livelihoods crumbled.

Afghan girls stare at an uncertain future one year after Taliban school ban

August 13, 2022 11:18 pm

Afghanistan quake kills 1,000 people, deadliest in decades

June 24, 2022 4:04 pm

Scenes of despair, destruction as Afghanistan earthquake kills over 1,000 people

June 23, 2022 1:06 pm

Bleak winter: With international aid gone, hunger, desperate poverty stalk Afghanistan

December 27, 2021 8:27 pm

Since the chaotic August 15 Taliban takeover of Kabul, an already war-devastated economy once kept alive by international donations alone is now on the verge of collapse.

Week in Pictures: A glance at compelling photos from around the world

November 06, 2021 7:13 pm

From celebrations to protests, here are the best photos of this week.

Salma Dam Reservoir That Modi Inaugurated In Herat

June 04, 2016 1:12 pm

Congress co-relates PM Modi’s Pak visit with Pathankot attack

January 09, 2016 11:09 am

New Delhi, Jan 09 (ANI): Congress leader Digvijay Singh reacted on the recent Pathankot attack and said that considering America’s interest, it is reflected that America is involved in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit from Afghanistan to Pakistan. Taking account of the Pathankot attack, Singh said that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) should investigate the matter.

In Afghan jihad camp, Indian youth preparing for war on homeland

October 09, 2014 3:33 pm